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If you had to isolate one or two, 2 maximum, one or two things your spouse could do that would assure you of his or her love, what would that or those be?

You know, the other night my feet were really hot, so he got bagged vegetables and tied them to my feet. I mean, how many men would do that?

Wait, wait, wait, he did— wait, wait, wait, wait, he did what to your feet? He did what to your feet?

My feet were really hot, and so he got bagged vegetables and tied them to my feet to cool them down.

No wonder I didn't understand the first time. He got a bag of vegetables?

Yes.

From the refrigerator?

Yes. And, you know, that—

Okay, this is the second response in a row. I can't say I could have predicted.

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I'm old-fashioned. I like 2 sexes. Yeah, and another thing, all of a sudden I don't like being married to what is known as a new woman. I want a wife, not a competitor.

Competitor!

Competitor!

Talk about a bit this crying in the morning thing, this depression, you know, let's get that fixed.

That's what men think, isn't it?

What?

Unless you've got the answer, unless you can say, oh, I know this bloke in the Essex Road who could fix that, then there's no point bothering.

How do you write women so well?

I think of a man and I take away reason and accountability.

I love him, I love him, and I don't care what you think. I love him for the, for the man he wants to be, and I love him for the man that he almost What do people have rows about today?

Money, sex, sex, money. He wants, she doesn't want.

She wants, he doesn't want. Women have always been a big problem to me, Dr. Fussbender. Are you listening, Doctor?

Yes, yes, yes.

Go on, go on. Hi everybody, and welcome to the Male-Female Hour on the Dennis Prager Show, a truly honest hour each week. And honest makes it difficult. It does. Because that's the— and it's somewhat cliché, but it certainly is. It's a, it's one of those clichés that has earned the right to be one because it's true. Truth is often painful.

It's—

I still think it's utterly liberating, but it is still sometimes painful. But it is the best way to a better life, and, or is one of the best ways. That's why I tell the truth about male sexuality so often, and women appreciate their husbands far more after understanding them, even though it's initially very painful to hear certain things about male sexual nature. Well, that's not the topic specifically today, though I have a feeling it will arise. And in the course of this discussion, here is a— I'm going to give you a statement, and then I'm going to pose a question.

Okay.

Here's the statement. We all want to be loved by our spouses. If you don't, if you don't want to be, then either there's something wrong with you or something wrong with the marriage. Obviously, normal people want to be loved by their spouse. Okay. That's hardly a revelation. Here comes a slightly revelatory thing. It is critical to understand how that person understands being loved. And I, I've on occasion mentioned this in the context of a call that I received quite a number of years ago from a young man who told me that he was dating a woman. They were very serious, but they had a big problem. Or a big difference at least, in that when Valentine's Day came, he refused to get her a card, uh, or even let alone flowers, or let alone take her out. He said all of this was just created by American business to make money so that people would buy gifts. Guys would feel necessary, they'd feel obligated to buy some present or go out to some restaurant or the like. Let alone Hallmark cards, that old conspirator. And so I told him he was a dummy, and since men take insults from men very well, he wasn't hurt at all. He just asked why was I a— why am I— why did I think he was a dummy? I may have used a bigger word. I may have used idiot, but I'm not sure. But it was in that category of dismissal of his intellect. And I said, I asked him if he felt that birthdays were important. He said, oh, birthdays, yes, definitely. I said, well, what if your girlfriend didn't think birthdays were important and she did nothing on your birthday? Not a card, not a gift, not, not, not wishes for a happy birthday even. Nothing. Because she thought that birthdays were unimportant, just like you think Valentine's Day is unimportant. And I don't remember if I got through to him, but I— because I don't remember what ensued. I guess I just figured that I had made my point and we could move on. But the point is much larger, obviously, than Valentine's Day or birthdays. The point is that one expresses love effectively if the other one understands it as such. Or let's put it this way. You have to speak their language, not your language alone, when communicating that you really do love that person. So here then is my question: If you had to isolate one or two, two maximum, one or two things that a person could do, actually do. Your— not a person— your spouse could do that would assure you of his or her love, what would that or those be? Now I want you to think carefully. See, if your list is large, then we— you may be making excessive demands. Oh well, Dennis, you know, there are 7 things that all need to be done, then I would feel that my wife loved me or my husband loved me. Sorry, that may be true, but it's too big a list. It'd be— if they fulfill that list, you are a very wealthy person. Wealthy in love, obviously. But that's not my question. I want you to isolate one or 2 maximum things that your spouse could do that would assure you that he or she loves you. And by the way, that's— it's really significant And that's the reason I'm devoting this hour to this topic. It's really significant for a number of reasons. One is, a lot of times we don't know, because we will express love to the opposite sex in ways that are most meaningful to us but are not most meaningful to her or him. The male answer may be different from the female answer. And not only because they're male and female, they just may be different answers. What is unbelievably significant to you in making you feel loved may not be unbelievably significant. I mean, let us say, all right, I'll just pick a cliché. If he brought me flowers every week.

Okay?

I assure you that for most men, that is not on the list. If he only brought me flowers. If she only brought me flowers. Most men do not yearn to be brought flowers. I mean, that's just the way it is. Most women do. Lloyd, am I right, Lloyd? Lloyd's cracking up here. Can you imagine a guy calling it, well, Dennis, the truth is, if she sent me flowers.

Yeah.

Lloyd.

Exactly. So it's just not the way we think. That's a very important example I just gave you because it demonstrates, and I don't think most women are going to call up and say flowers either, but most women put flowers on a far higher plane. That's why men, most men understand that that's a good thing to do. Even if you're not having an affair. You know, that's the old joke, right? Why is he all of a sudden bringing me flowers? Is it— could be— could it be because he's worked late in the office this week every night? All right, 1-800-PRAGER-776. 1-800-PRAGER-776. The importance of this can't be overstated because you may hear something this hour That may be a revelation to you as a woman or a revelation to you as a man. I'll tell you right now, since I am prepared to be open and let the chips fall where they may and let them mock me on the internet, I'm willing because if it helps people, I'm willing to take the flak. And I mean it. That's my attitude. Sex means more to most men than it does to most women as a statement of being loved by your spouse. Okay? That's just, that's just the way it is. Just as flowers mean more to most women in that way. You see, it's ironic. Men can have sex with absolutely no emotional content, but when it comes to their wife, her availability Is a statement of her love for him, and most women don't know that because his availability is not a statement of love to her. It's a general statement. Oh, I— how do I show my wife I love her? Oh, by the fact that I am ready to have sex so often.

All right.

1-800-PRAGER-776. So what would it be? What would it be? And don't give me answers you think are nice to be said. I want you to be absolutely as truthful as possible to isolate what it would be. Now, once, one more quick time as we come to the break, then I will take your calls. I want you to isolate one, at most 2 things that would most assure you that your husband or your wife loves you, what would those one or two things be? 1-800-PRAGER-776 is 877-243-7776. 877-243-7776. If the lines are full or busy, keep on trying. You're listening to the Male-Female Hour on The Dennis Prager Show.

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Alrighty everybody, this is really important. Could change your marriage for the better. Hopefully that's the reason for it. In fact, Dennis Prager here, the Male-Female Hour. I want you to think very carefully about I don't want you to just have a spontaneous response. And what one, maximum 2 things, would most assure you that your husband loves you or that your wife loves you? What could they do? The 2 things maximum or one thing most? Now, again, if you have a list of 10 things, I believe that, but that just may be, uh, It may be too much. Alrighty, let's, uh, I guess we'll alternate men and women. I don't know what other pattern to follow here. Uh, and I'm going to write them down because I'll see if we could learn if— and if I cut you short, it's only because this is one of those rare occasions where I want as many calls as possible. Normally it doesn't matter, but in this case I do want that because I'll see, and there may not be any pattern, but I'll see if I can find any. Uh, uh, in, uh, in your responses. And I'd also like all age groups as well. Alrighty, let's go to, uh, we'll start with Eddie in Philadelphia. Hello, Eddie.

Hi, Dennis. Good to talk to you again.

Thank you. How old are you?

I'm 29.

Okay, I'm gonna keep that too. Go on, male, 29. Go ahead. What is— what would it be?

So, uh, I think it It shows her appreciation for me when my girlfriend does something that she finds kind of embarrassing. Specifically, I write her a lot of poetry and she really appreciates it, but she doesn't feel as confident about her— the poetry she may write me. And so she does it and is always slightly embarrassed by it. And that— that she does it despite that makes me feel extra good about it.

So she will do something for you that she is not naturally adept at?

Correct.

That, that, that, that— okay, that's a fascinating response. I, I know I'm not laughing at it. I'm laughing, uh, at— I'm laughing with it. All right, so let's see, something— so really what it is is something that took a special effort. I think that That's probably the best way to summarize that one. Okay, Eddie, thank you very much. And let's go to St. Paul, Minnesota. Diana, hello, Diana. Dennis Prager.

Hi, Dennis. First of all, I'd like to say I'm married to an incredible man who loves me immensely.

How do you know? Go on, go on, you keep going.

Well, for example, You know, the other night my feet were really hot, so he got bagged vegetables and tied them to my feet. I mean, how many men would do that?

Wait, wait, wait, he did— wait, wait, wait, wait, he did what to your feet? He did what to your feet?

My feet were really hot, and so he got bagged vegetables and tied them to my feet to cool them down.

No wonder I didn't understand the first time. He got a bag of vegetables?

Yes.

From the refrigerator?

Yes.

And, you know, this is the second response in a row I can't say I could have predicted.

But, um, I think for me personally, um, he takes care of me, and for him to show that he loves me would be for him to take care of himself.

And what does that mean, take care of himself?

Physically?

Health-wise?

What?

Um, so what physically?

Which, which he does not do now?

Um, not really.

No. Like, like what? What, he doesn't work out? He, he what? He doesn't shower? I mean, what doesn't he do?

Um, just to take care of, you know, to eat properly, to get proper exercise, that kind of thing.

All right, well, that's something you would love him to do, but that doesn't— but that doesn't—

Well, the reason why I'm going to tie it to this question that you're asking is because if we are one, um, he's taking care of me as well with that, and that's showing love for me that he would take care of himself.

You mean to live long and healthfully with you?

Exactly. We are going to be growing old together.

And how old are you now? How old are you now? I always love that now. Like, how old were you last year? You're 42. Okay. So, and you're already worried about that?

Um, no, I'm not worried about it. It's just, um, I, I just feel that, um—

All right. But that Okay, that it's important, and I'm with you. Let me just establish though, the fact that he doesn't take enough care of himself right now, does that make you doubt how much he loves you?

No, it doesn't.

Okay, so you're, so you're pretty much assured that he does, and so the biggest way is that he takes care of you?

Yes.

Okay, thank you very much. Takes care, takes care of me. All righty, I put that down. Uh, let's go, uh, to, uh, Julie, uh, in Dallas, Texas. Julie, Dennis Prager, thank you for calling.

Hello.

Hi.

Um, I, I know how much my husband loves me from what he says and in other ways that he acts, and I adore my husband, but what would make things much better in our marriage is if he were not a workaholic. To me, his action of actually leaving his job and coming home to be with his children and me would say more about it than just telling us.

So he stays, he stays at the office too long?

He works probably 12 to 14 hours a day and weekends.

He's self-employed.

And weekends? When he works on the weekends, is he at home?

Uh, no, he's, he's at the office for maybe 6 to 8 hours and then he does come home, but he usually brings work home too.

Have you told him this?

Yes, we've had a lot of discussions about it. He feels that there's no way out for him, you know.

Um, when he is not— when he is not doing work, what is he doing?

Worrying about it.

How much does he make?

Uh, probably about $110,000 a year.

Mm-hmm.

And, and, and you're a full-time mom?

Yes, I am. And, you know, that, that's, that's what we wanted. But I've even, you know, begged, could we just sell the house and downsize? He doesn't want to do that.

Mm-hmm.

Now, when you say when he's not working, he's worrying about his— the work, uh, people worry in a lot of different ways. Does that mean that he, he's not present, as it were?

He, he is partially present, but I believe he's always got The success of the business on his mind. And so we— a lot of our time spent at home is talking about that. I will say that when he is with his children, our children, that that's the only thing that seems to take his mind off of it.

So in effect, if he, if he were with you in spirit, as it were, Like he's with the kids, you'd be a lot happier?

Oh yes, and besides, I think this is killing him.

Right. Okay, I thank you. I'm not here to solve— sometimes I try to solve issues. I'm not here this hour to do that. I want to understand what it is that would most assure you that your husband or your wife loves you. Male-Female Hour, Dennis Prager Show, we continue.

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I should modify the question in one. Slight but important way. Hi everybody, male-female hour on the Dennis Prager Show. By the way, I think you need to ask your spouse this question. Oh, and include it in the modified way I'm about to pose it. I asked, what is it that your spouse could do to most assure you that he or she loves you? The one or two things most. I think I'm implying in my question something that I don't want to imply, and that is that your spouse is not doing this currently. So it might— it's just as valuable in many ways for the question to be, what does your spouse do already? Maybe there isn't something missing. Maybe you know that your spouse loves you because he or she does the following.

All right.

It's just important to know, even if, even if the person is doing it, it's important for the person who does it to know this is what assures you that I love you. And it's, uh, it's worth, it's worth your thinking this through. What does, what is it that I most want him or her to do to assure me of his or her love? And it's important that that person know that, either to reinforce what is already done and just make the person feel good and appreciated, or to let them know. And it's, it's really important. You have to be completely honest, and your list can't be gigantic. All right, those are 2 of the things that need to be, uh, need to be addressed here. Paul in Minneapolis. Dennis Prager. Hi, Paul.

Oh, hi Dennis, thanks for taking my call.

Thank you for calling.

Yeah, my wife and I recently finished a book called The Five Languages of Love. Maybe you've read that. It was super helpful in our marriage.

Um, I have seen it, I have not read it. Go ahead.

Gosh, I've been giving it to all my friends. My wife has a very different style of loving, so like Eddie, she— the things that I really need from her are things she's just not naturally gonna do. Uh, the 2 things I, I thought of and talked to her about were On her own initiative, if she would just come up behind me, give me a big hug, a kiss, and say, I love you. Something physical like that. The second thing is, which also doesn't come naturally to her, is words of affirmation. Something like, I appreciate the way you maintain our home and our cars, or something like that. So those are the 2 things she doesn't do a lot of, but she's trying to do more of now that we've read this book. And had this conversation about our languages of love.

And what, what would she say that she wants?

Um, she also needs affirmation, which, uh, unfortunately I'm not great at either. So, uh, I think that's more typical of a woman. Uh, Gary Chapman says the 5— he breaks it down into touch, gifts, quality time, affirmation, and works of service. So I think those are helpful, and I see it in marriages around me. You know, the guy is working hard fixing this and fixing that, and all the woman wants is 10 minutes of his time on the couch just to sit and stare into her eyes, you know. So anyways, those are my 2.

So is she not— is she not instinctively demonstrative? Is that— is that a larger way of putting this?

Yes, she came from a, a very Non-physical, non-communicative family, which is exactly the opposite of me.

So when you come home, you'd like to get a hug?

Yeah, I can come home from work and, um, I can be in the house for a long time and, you know, I would just like— and she won't really come up and give me a hug or anything.

I think that's a big one. I think women who love your husbands, I think that's a big one. I think when the guy comes home, He wants to come home somewhat like a returning hero. See, people don't talk like this because it's very vulnerable. Because if, if you're a hero, you don't want to have to admit you want to be regarded as one. You're supposed to be above that and, and stoic. But there are very primal needs that the 2 sexes have, very primal. And the conquering hero coming home Especially if it's from work. You know, he may not be a conquering hero if he just came home from a basketball game or cards with his buddies, but especially from work. If he— and again, I have this larger issue of if people only treated each other like they did when they were dating. I'm telling you, that would do— would solve 80% of these issues. Treat your spouse the same way you did. Act like you did when you wanted to win his or her love when you were dating. We'll return on the Male-Female Hour, Dennis Prager Show.

Hi Dennis, my name is Ron and I'm calling you from El Monte. I've been listening to you since the '80s, since my firstborn, um, was born, and 5 years ago I lost him to COVID. So in my grief, I've been missing you so much because I miss your wisdom, your advice, and your life experiences. I am so sorry for what happened to you, but I'm so happy that you're at least communicating with us again. I know you would always have something positive for me to hear during this time of pain, but God bless you, Dennis. I'll listen to you every chance I get in the evenings. Thank you, Dennis, for everything that, that you represent, especially in my life. God bless. Thank you.

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Thanks for listening, and for It's a tougher question than it sounds. Hi, everybody. The Male-Female Hour on The Dennis Prager Show. Every Wednesday, second hour of my program is devoted to male-female issues. If there's one generalization one can make, and there are a number one can make, but if there's one big one, it is the obvious that, uh, most men want to be loved by their wives and most women want to be loved by their husbands.

That's right.

I don't think that I have really taken a risky jump here into the world of generalizations. So the question then obviously poses itself. How is it, in your opinion, that your husband or your wife can most show that he or she loves you? A very complex question, very simple to ask and very complex to answer. And there may be more than one or two ways. I'm trying to isolate it to one or two. But it's important for you to ask so that you don't drive your spouse nuts and always have them have to prove that they love you. It's important for you to realize what it is that you have on your list, and then you don't have 27 items on your list. It's important for your spouse to know what it is that he or she can do without having to read your mind. This is more of a women's problem than men's. But it becomes men's problem because it is the woman's problem. And that is, I want him to read my mind. We have talked about this and I need to just say it again. Men are not mind readers. For that matter, neither are women. And so you should no longer— it is childlike to want your mind read. I'm not saying it's not evil. It doesn't mean you're a bad person. But, and we all have childlike aspects. It's very, very hard to grow up. And one childlike aspect is that I should, they should know what I want without my having to say it. But they don't. They, people tend not to. It's important for you to say it. And there's nothing more important than letting the person know, this is what would make me feel loved. As opposed to, this is what I would love to have from you. Those, that's, that is a long list. And it's a worthy list. But what are the things, the one or two things that would most show it? Now, by the way, I also have a theory that a lot of times it's hard for one or both of the spouses to say it. So write it. It's a lot easier to write often than it is to say. So write it. Okay, let's go to Anchorage, Alaska and Melissa. Melissa, Dennis Prager, thanks for calling. Hi, Dennis.

Hi Dennis, thank you for taking my call. I love the Male-Female Hour, it's awesome.

Oh, wonderful. Good, good, good.

Um, well, my comment was just, I like when my husband interacts with me the way he interacts with his buddies. You know, he never is grumpy with his buddies, he never yells at his buddies, he's a great problem solver with his friends. But sometimes when it comes to problem solving at home, it's a little bit more difficult. So I just—

Well, the problem— wait, the problem solving is a separate— I think it's a separate subject from Act toward his buddies, or act to me the way he does toward his buddies.

He's a really good— he's really good at helping all of his friends with their problems and his friends' kids, and sometimes at home. And yeah, I understand the emotional aspect.

Well, it's a lot— well, yeah, it's a lot easier to help your friends with their kids than help you with your kids.

That's very true. But yeah, just seeing how he interacts with his friends and he's always happy to be around them, and sometimes—

No, that's a big deal.

That, that part.

Uh, the other part That is, is a separate issue to me. But this— so you feel that he's more cheerful and enjoys life more with them than with you? I don't want to put any words in your mouth, but— well, that's a big deal.

Sometimes, yeah. Yeah. And I understand going out and having fun with your friends is, you know, it kind of takes away from the stresses at home and things like that. But at the same time, your spouse should be your best friend.

Well, it's very— that's right. Your spouse should be your best friend, and you should have a lot of fun with your spouse. And we do get along real well together. Okay, so then, so—

There are certain times when you go, gosh, you act so happy when you're doing the same thing with them as you are with me. And, you know, it just, it makes you think.

Give me one example. Give me one example of something he does with them which seems to be having more fun.

Well, I'm a very outdoorsy girl, and sometimes we'll go hiking. I'll make him go hiking with me, and, uh, or, you know, ask him to, and I think he'll accommodate me sometimes. And he won't always act like he really enjoys it, but if we go with a big group of friends, he always seems a lot happier.

So wait a minute, he does hike with the guys?

Sometimes he'll hike with a bunch of us.

Um, and now if he heard this conversation, how would he react?

I don't know. He, um, he would probably say, oh, I have a lot of fun with you. Don't, you know, because we do have a lot of fun together. That's, you know, definitely we do have a lot of fun together, but it seems like a different kind of fun.

All right. Well, it is absolutely worth your talking to him about, but I can't get a full handle on it only because you say you do have a lot of fun together. So I don't, I just, I think it's obviously, it's worth talking about. So far we've gotten different responses from every single person who's called in. So much for my hope to find a trend here. Alrighty, let's go to a guy now, and Jeff in Hollywood, California. Hello, Jeff. Dennis Prager.

Hello, Dennis. I feel like a Neanderthal, but—

Why?

For me, it is—

Why do you feel like a Neanderthal? Because of what you're about to say?

Yes.

Oh, so you're a 39-year-old Neanderthal. Okay, go ahead.

Yeah, um, for me it is most definitely, uh, sex. And we just, we just had this discussion, my wife and I, and we've been married for 17 years and we have 3 kids. And, um, and we're just, we're very busy. Um, my, all 3 kids are under 9. So 9, 7, and 3. And, um, and we just had this discussion. It's funny that we would have it after 17 years of marriage, um, but it, uh, through the busyness of life, I found myself— you were just saying how it's hard for us to grow up. Um, I found myself very in an immature place, I guess, and I was starting to resent the fact that I We were not having sex as often as I wanted to, and I found it hard to verbalize that. And so I kind of—

It's almost— it's unbelievably hard for a man to— go ahead.

And I went into a little bit of an adolescent shell. We just had the discussion and—

All right, I want to hear the results in a moment. You're listening to The Dennis Prager Show, the Male-Female Hour.

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Alrighty, everybody, you're listening to the Dennis Prager Show. Don't hang up if you got in. I want to summarize some calls here and then offer you some preliminary conclusions. And I say preliminary, I want to think this thing through. I have asked, what is it that your spouse can do? Or indeed, I modified it to, what does your spouse do? Not just can do. Maybe your spouse already does it. To demonstrate to you most that he or she loves you. And right now there are, uh, nearly all of it is women calling in. Normally it's 50/50. Uh, and I have theories on that, on why more women than men. First of all, I think men find it harder to express because it makes them sound needy or vulnerable. And, uh, that's, uh, not something guys like to, and totally understandably, by the way. They don't like to come off that way. Uh, let's see. Shawna in Texas says, I want my husband to simply listen to me, buy me the exact flowers and wine that I like, not something different. Uh, I wish we had time to discuss that second one. I think simply listen is totally reasonable. Uh, buy you the exact flowers and wine that you like. Hmm. That's a worthy topic because I've heard that before. So, if in fact you get flowers from your husband, but they're not your favorite, you don't take it as he's showing you he loves you? Because he should have known the ones that I most love. It's an interesting issue. Men don't think that way nearly as much. If you get him whatever you get him and it's not the one he most loves, he'll just exchange it. All right. Be that as it may, I've been married 17 years. This is Jeff. I know my wife loves me because of how incredible our physical relationship— oh, that is Jeff. That's right. That's, that's who I was just talking to. Jeff, very quickly. So you finally did, did you finally tell your wife that this was necessary?

Yeah, and primarily due to this particular hour you do every week. We've had the discussion in the past, so she was aware, and it was only due to this hour that I actually was brave enough to bring it up, because it so resonated the first few times you talked about it.

And she was okay with it?

Oh, absolutely.

That's great. Great. I touched another marriage. It makes my day. And by the way, let me remind you, see, by the way, because I am saying what men are afraid to say, then they— it's heard on the radio, then they feel they can say it. A stranger said it. And that's the reason I so want you to have my CDs on male sexual nature to help your marriage. 800-225-8584. 800-225-8584. Karen, Carol, Pammy, wish I could get to you. Stay tuned.

Tomorrow on Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager.

I know what it means if you appear, a student, Harvard student, on the Dennis Prager Show. I, I know what that will, what that will mean. So you thought about it and then said during a break, may I call my mom? And I don't know what the conversation was like, but you came back in and said, I'll come on the show.

Well, first of all, that was such a lovely experience, and you were so kind to me. You didn't put pressure on me at all, and I had a lot of fun speaking about it, and it felt very cathartic to finally be open about my beliefs.

So that day I go home, I tell some of my supportive friends that I appeared on your show, and they were very happy for me.

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