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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.
O dear song, won't you please share some little sweetness with me?
I check my bell rides every day.
Oh, and the sugar you send my way.
Hi, Cheryl.
Hi, Steve.
So, you know, in our inbox, we get lots of letters from people who are looking for love or whose relationship is imperiled in some way.
And we also get a certain number of letters, an increasing number of letters from people who are actually thrilled with the relationship they're in, which we always think, oh, great, fantastic.
And then, of course, because it's the dear sugar Radio mailbox, there's that one thing, but there's that big b u t.
And in this case, that thing is their career goals.
We're going to hear a couple of letters from women who are really quite ecstatic about the relationships they're in, but who also have specific career goals that in their minds and in the world are complicating and imperiling this happy relationship that they're in.
Has that ever happened to you?
I know, you know, listeners of the show know you and Brian have a great relationship, but they also know that you have a high powered career.
Were those two, in your mind and or heart, ever enemies?
I haven't generally struggled with this in my relationship with Brian because, of course, he is also a freelance artist and I'm a writer.
He's a filmmaker.