Darby Saxbe
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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I think it's good for kids to have their own things.
Yeah, I had a sort of bad experience that became good.
I did not want my parents to get divorced.
I blamed my stepfather.
And we had a really combative relationship when I was a teenager.
Lots of fighting, tears, yelling.
And he was a really good cook.
So that was actually one thing that helped me forge a connection with him.
But beyond that, if you had asked me when I was like a 14-year-old, I would have said my stepdad sucks.
And it was really only as I got older that I appreciated.
He was a poet.
He was a writer.
He was a translator.
He was an English professor at Oberlin, where I grew up.
And was this, like, source of wisdom.
He loved to travel.
Different vibes.
And I think I got a lot from both of those relationships.