A Lost Child, But Not Mine | With Betty Gilpin

迷失的孩子,但不是我的|与贝蒂·吉尔平

Modern Love

2017-08-10

19 分钟
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Betty Gilpin of Netflix's "G.L.O.W." reads a story about life after abortion.
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  • Modern.

  • The podcast is supported by from the New York Times and WBUR Boston.

  • This is modern love stories of love, loss, and redemption.

  • I'm your host, Meghna Chakrabarti.

  • Every relationship is new and unblemished at some point, but inevitable challenges that couples face change all that, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse.

  • Or maybe those challenges result in something in between.

  • Cassie Underwood's experience is firmly planted in that in between territory.

  • Betty Gilpin, star of the Netflix series Glow, reads Cassie's essay a lost childhood, but not mine.

  • On the third anniversary of my abortion, I found out via MySpace that my ex boyfriend was having a baby with another woman.

  • It was none of my business, except I somehow convinced myself that his new baby was a replica of ours, and as such, I felt a sense of ownership, of responsibility for the child's well being.

  • My college roommate in Vermont had introduced us.

  • He was road weary that first night, having just driven up from a concert in Kentucky, my home state.

  • He was 20, a ski lift operator, a community college student.

  • I was a blonde, episcopal bred 19 year old studying literature and costume design.

  • Early on, he told me he was on probation for drug related offenses, which was forcing him to remain clean and sober.

  • It was easy for me to accept his blemished past because I had my own struggles with drugs and alcohol, making me feel like Nancy to his sid.

  • He and I talked textbooks and compared rap sheets in his ramshackle apartment.

  • We belted out Bob Dylan songs as he twirled me across the sloping floorboards.

  • He gave me piggyback rides up my dormitory steps and carted me around town on the handlebars of a bicycle.

  • Two months after we met, his probation ended without supervision.