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Jun 2024
51m 47s

You Keep Planning A Future Without Me

Esther Perel Global Media
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They met as community organizers in their neighborhood. She had just gotten out of a multi-year marriage to her ex-wife and began to forge new friendships. After about a year, something shifted for her and she began to develop feelings for him, sending her seemingly solid identity into a tailspin. After 15 years of identifying as a lesbian, she was in her fi ... Show More
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