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Whose Turn Is It? From Love Letters

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Kara's husband Brian tells her, 'Then you should have fucking married a dentist,' exposing their money fights.
This episode of Love Letters explores how couples navigate financial tensions and career sacrifices in relationships, featuring stories from writer Kara Baskin and financial therapist Sade Soares. It delves into themes of gender roles, emotional labor, and the compromises required to support each other's dreams while maintaining economic stability.

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A marriage conversation that uses money to measure care, power, and the room to breathe.

Money sits at the center here, but the episode really turns on what a long partnership asks of someone who wants both security and room to make her own work.

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You want a marriage conversation where money is really about care, not just bills.

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