S2E6: Beware the Fairy Tales

Love Letters

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4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Everybody wants a meet-cute story. It’s like we’ve all watched so many rom-coms that anything less feels like a letdown. But what does a meet-cute truly mean to a relationship? Meredith Goldstein explores this question by revisiting the story of how her parents met. Also in the episode, Meredith tires quickly of swiping, but Erin does not -- and gets rewarded. Email us at [email protected].

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Meredith.
0:02.0	Listeners of Love Letters know that mental health is something I take very seriously,
0:06.0	which is why I want to tell you about season 3 of the podcast Turning Points,
0:10.0	Navigating Mental Health.
0:11.0	Each episode gets real about the ups and downs of navigating mental health. Each episode gets real about the ups and downs of
0:14.2	navigating mental health and the turning points that can spark lifelong changes.
0:18.3	Host Francis Lease, a clinical therapist, talks with psychologists, doula's, writers and experts about breakdowns, breakthroughs, and everything in between.
0:29.0	Turning Points, a podcast from Point 32 Health in partnership with Boston Globe Media.
0:34.2	Find turning points wherever you get your podcasts.
0:37.5	One day in college, Cat agrees to help out a friend in film school.
0:41.2	This friend is making a spoof of a 1940s
0:43.5	noir film featuring a hard-boiled detective and a fem-fatel. She's trying to
0:48.6	seduce him. Cat shows up to the set thinking she's playing some small role.
0:53.4	But when she gets there, surprise,
0:55.8	she is the fem-fatal, playing the detective
0:59.2	is this guy she doesn't know.
1:01.1	He was already dressed in costume in the tan overcoat and his
1:05.2	hair was slicked back and very kind of dark brooding man. So I was quite
1:10.8	immediately very attracted to him.
1:13.0	In the final scene, they kiss.
1:15.0	Their bodies are locked together on a leather couch.
1:18.0	Cat does not mind this one bit.
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