Shirley Glass
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112
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This American Life
883: Call Your Parents
And one of the things I believe is that there are a lot of people who are good at beginnings, but they're not good at middles.
This American Life
883: Call Your Parents
It means that they like the beginning where there's all this idealization and romantic projections.
This American Life
883: Call Your Parents
And the other person can be who they think they should be rather than who they are.
This American Life
883: Call Your Parents
And when they get to the middle phase... All right, I'm just going to stop the tape.
This American Life
883: Call Your Parents
It's where there's more of a reality-based relationship.
This American Life
883: Call Your Parents
They kind of run away from it.
This American Life
883: Call Your Parents
because it's not as exciting.
This American Life
883: Call Your Parents
That's good, because practically all of life is the middle.
This American Life
883: Call Your Parents
Are we going to get a tape of this?
This American Life
883: Call Your Parents
Since we're outside the Chicago listening area?
This American Life
883: Call Your Parents
You're talking about my family, meaning my children, not my husband.