Episodes We Love: Rapid Fire — Love & Money

Dear Sugars

WBUR

Boston, Wbur, Sugar, Cheryl Strayed, Society & Culture, Dear, Relationships, Advice, Steve Almond

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This episode was originally released on July 21st, 2018.

When it comes to love, money is supposed to be no object. But there’s no disentangling love from anything in our lives, and income is no exception. So how do you assess the role money should play in a relationship, and what happens when your desires and means change over time?

In this episode, five letter writers want to know how to discuss money with their romantic and familial partners. How do I stop resenting my husband for his low income? How do I ask my stay-at-home wife to get a job? Should I feel obligated to share the wealth with my fiscally irresponsible parents? The Sugars answer these questions and more in rapid-fire style.

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0:34.9	The universe has good news for the lost, lonely, and heart sick.
0:39.7	The sugars are here, speaking straight into your ears.
0:43.3	I'm Steve Allman.
0:44.6	I'm Cheryl Strayed.
0:45.6	This is Dear Sugars.
0:49.4	Oh, dear son, won't you please?
0:55.0	Share some medicine. Oh dear song, won't you please?
1:02.0	Share some little sweet days with me.
1:12.2	I check my bellbyes every day. Oh, and the sugar, you see in my way.
1:19.5	Hi, Cheryl.
1:20.4	Hi, Steve.
1:21.7	Well, today we are going to do a rapid fire.
1:24.3	I love those.
1:25.2	Yes, I love them too, and they're about two of your favorite subjects,
1:28.2	or at least I know one of these is your favorite subject. Oh, no, they're both my favorite subjects.
1:31.9	Love and money. Yes. And when I thought about this, I immediately went into my little lit nerd zone and
1:41.0	thought, gee, our canon contains a whole literature of economic and romantic anxiety,
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