This episode was originally published on August 12th, 2016. The Sugars hear the latest from "Head or the Heart" -- a woman who'd fallen head over heels for a man with a troubled childhood. Everything seemed perfect, and yet, she couldn't help but wonder if the traumas of her love's past would surface at some point in their relationship. "Head or the Heart" became the first letter-writer ever to join the Sugars on the show. The Sugars asked her to write to them in six months to let them know how -- and if -- things were going with her boyfriend. Nine months letter, she sent an update. So, are they still together? Have any of his past traumas manifested in their relationship? The Sugars find out.
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The universe has good news for the lost, lonely and heartsick.
Sugar is here, the both of us speaking straight into your ears.
I'm Cheryl strayed.
I'm Steve Almond.
This is dear sugar radio.
Oh, dear song, won't you please share some little sweetness with me?
I check my bell eyes every day oh, and the sugar you see in my way.
Hi, Steve.
Hi, Cheryl.
It's August, and as you know, we have been doing these rebroadcasts of episodes from letters that we answered.
And we picked these because we were dying to know what happened.
We're gonna broadcast those conversations we had previously, and at the end, we're gonna have updates.
Yeah.
Awesome.
So this week we're gonna be hearing the letter from head or heart.
Do you remember head or heart, Cheryl?
I do.
She was a 34 year old woman with an idyllic childhood.
She'd met this man who she was really clicking with, but she had some concerns about his past.