Penn Badgley

And that can actually be a surprising amount of work.

And that can actually be a surprising amount of work.

Well, I didn't. And I mean, I think, so like the, when we first met, it was kind of, it was immediate. And before we had time to think i think we just we wanted to be together in in the deepest way and i wanted to be there for her son um in whatever way was best his father's always been in his life um

Well, I didn't. And I mean, I think, so like the, when we first met, it was kind of, it was immediate. And before we had time to think i think we just we wanted to be together in in the deepest way and i wanted to be there for her son um in whatever way was best his father's always been in his life um

Well, I didn't. And I mean, I think, so like the, when we first met, it was kind of, it was immediate. And before we had time to think i think we just we wanted to be together in in the deepest way and i wanted to be there for her son um in whatever way was best his father's always been in his life um

But then the cultural dating laws, which I never abided by, I never understood, but you were pressuring me. I was like, I need to sow my wild oats. What am I doing with this woman with a child? But, you know, I was 28, I think, maybe 27. And I really did think. Is it right for me to be getting into a relationship with a woman who has a child? So the stakes were always significant there.

But then the cultural dating laws, which I never abided by, I never understood, but you were pressuring me. I was like, I need to sow my wild oats. What am I doing with this woman with a child? But, you know, I was 28, I think, maybe 27. And I really did think. Is it right for me to be getting into a relationship with a woman who has a child? So the stakes were always significant there.

But then the cultural dating laws, which I never abided by, I never understood, but you were pressuring me. I was like, I need to sow my wild oats. What am I doing with this woman with a child? But, you know, I was 28, I think, maybe 27. And I really did think. Is it right for me to be getting into a relationship with a woman who has a child? So the stakes were always significant there.

We both felt that. And so we both actually, after an immediate intense connection and not thinking about it, we then sort of like, we need to think about this more.

We both felt that. And so we both actually, after an immediate intense connection and not thinking about it, we then sort of like, we need to think about this more.

We both felt that. And so we both actually, after an immediate intense connection and not thinking about it, we then sort of like, we need to think about this more.

And what, I only felt that I was ready once I felt confident to like leave all that, all these notions about what it is to be a man, what it is to date, what I needed to do, who I needed to be sexually once I was able to start really leaving that behind.

And what, I only felt that I was ready once I felt confident to like leave all that, all these notions about what it is to be a man, what it is to date, what I needed to do, who I needed to be sexually once I was able to start really leaving that behind.

And what, I only felt that I was ready once I felt confident to like leave all that, all these notions about what it is to be a man, what it is to date, what I needed to do, who I needed to be sexually once I was able to start really leaving that behind.

Yeah, it's... There's a spiritual component to this, which is really the thing that allowed it to happen. So she and I, we happened to sort of become sober around the same time. We were picking up meditation and prayer and really trying to live with a different sort of framework, you know, independent of one another, but this was happening kind of at the same time.

Yeah, it's... There's a spiritual component to this, which is really the thing that allowed it to happen. So she and I, we happened to sort of become sober around the same time. We were picking up meditation and prayer and really trying to live with a different sort of framework, you know, independent of one another, but this was happening kind of at the same time.

Yeah, it's... There's a spiritual component to this, which is really the thing that allowed it to happen. So she and I, we happened to sort of become sober around the same time. We were picking up meditation and prayer and really trying to live with a different sort of framework, you know, independent of one another, but this was happening kind of at the same time.

And I think that was what even created like, the opportunity or the conditions for us to be like, we're dealing with a lot of ways of thinking that are not our own. Some of those ways of thinking are putting a lot of pressure on us

And I think that was what even created like, the opportunity or the conditions for us to be like, we're dealing with a lot of ways of thinking that are not our own. Some of those ways of thinking are putting a lot of pressure on us

And I think that was what even created like, the opportunity or the conditions for us to be like, we're dealing with a lot of ways of thinking that are not our own. Some of those ways of thinking are putting a lot of pressure on us