2020-06-18
18 分钟Do you tell your friends you love them? And do you say it like that, using those words? Is it easy for you to say? Is it fraught? Ricardo Jaramillo takes those questions on in this week’s essay. It’s read by Ncuti Gatwa, who stars in “Sex Education” on Netflix.
From the New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.
Stories of love, loss, and redemption.
I'm your host, Magna Chakrabarti.
Do you tell your friends you love them?
And do you say it like that, using those three words?
Is it easy for you to say?
Is it fraught?
Ricardo Jaramillo takes on those questions in this week's essay.
It's read by Shuti Ghatwa.
He stars in Sex Education on Netflix.
I'm having L-word troubles, but my troubles don't involve a lover.
There's no romance or sex in this.
No flowers, candles, or dancing.
My L-word troubles are with my boy, my best friend, Keechee.
I've told him I love him probably five or six times now,
but he never says it back.
When people say I love you, especially for the first time,
there are a number of things they may be saying.
Maybe it's, "Do you love me?" The question smuggled inside the confession.
Or more urgently, "Please love me."