Anna Martin: For 'The New York Times,' I'm Anna Martin.
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Anna Martin: Today on 'Modern Love'—
Speaker: We ended up sitting on a bench outside the bakery,
and that's where he told me.
I never went back to that bakery.
They also had bad service,
but it was mostly the divorce thing, I would say.
Anna Martin: Stories about divorce —
Speaker: When my dad started sleeping in the basement,
I didn't think much of it at the time.
Anna Martin: — from the people who had no say in it —
Speaker: I was seven when I realized that my parents were divorced.
I knew that we would never be a family again.
Anna Martin: — the kids.
Speaker: But I would just ask,
like, well, whose house are we going to?
And whether I was asking my mom or my dad,
I would be like, darn, even though I was lying to them,
because I wanted to be with both of them,