Hi, this is Cheryl.
Just a word of warning.
We wanted to let you know that we'll be discussing intimate partner violence on this episode.
The universe has good news for the lost, lonely, and heartsick.
The sugars are here, speaking straight into your ears.
I'm Steve Almond.
I'm Cheryl strayed.
This is dear sugars.
Oh, dear.
So won't you please share some little sweetness with me?
I check my bell vibes every day.
Oh, in the sugar you see my way.
So, Steve, when I was 13, I met a young man who was, like, 23 or 24, and he was staying nearby.
He was, like, visiting a family in the community where I grew up.
And he was an adult, but young.
You know, he's in his early twenties.
And my sister and I, the first time we saw him, we just began laughing in hysterics, the way that teenage girls do, because he was cute.
And I remember he was wearing these Levi jeans and this tight white tank top, and he was very tan, and he was just devastatingly handsome to our eyes.
And so we both immediately had a crush on him.
And we at first, could hardly bear to look him in the eye or say anything to him without giggling because we had that kind of young girl sort of crush infatuation feeling.