2018-10-03
21 分钟Modern.
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From the New York Times and Wbur Boston.
This is modern love stories of love, loss, and redemption.
I'm your host, Meghna Chakrabarti.
I'm gonna guess that you're the kind of person who would do almost anything for your best friend.
But would you start dating just to make your best friend feel better?
Victoria Riddell did just that, and she writes about it in her essay escaping from a dire diagnosis on match.com dot.
It's read by actor and singer Rita Wilson.
She's been in movies such as Sleepless in Seattle and Runaway Bride and had recurring roles on Girls and the Good Wife.
Rita's just released a new album called Bigger Picture.
When my best friend since childhood wound up back on the oncology unit for her third relapse, I decided it was time to start online dating.
I knew from Nances prior hospitalizations that talking about lymphoma and pet scans was not her idea of fun.
A far better entertainment would be for me to get on match.com so we could hang out together on her hospital bed, scrolling through potential dates.
For 42 years, our friendship had been primary.
We helped each other through every crisis.
Her separation, my divorce, along with our everyday worries as mothers, putting myself back on the dating market for her pleasure was the least I could do.
It would be just like what we had done since our shared fourth grade crush on Tommy H.
Having a blast checking out boysenheid.