I Miss You

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i miss you. I miss i miss i want to say i lingered on them, but i find my real reaction more concerning than that lingering implies. So right before i sent the ema, i erased the words, i miss you. Maybe it felt too weak to say, i you. But then when i raced it, it was worse, robotic, like, ok, job done here. Time to power down. And this wasn't the first time. No, i've been holding the stress of i misuse in my body. It was bothering me, and i was tired. And so are my keyboards, just begging me to stop deleading words that express affection for men and

Today, we’re sharing an episode from Other Men Need Help, an award-winning podcast hosted by our own More Than A Feeling senior producer Mark Pagán. This show playfully looks at how men present themselves to the world and what’s underneath.

In this episode, I Miss You. Period, Mark investigates three little words that have him tongue-tied around his friends. He turns to long-term and long distance BFFs Darnell and Dimetrius to puzzle out his fear of a certain phrase (and calls on perspectives from a chorus of other men), to find out what's made their friendship work for fifteen years.

Find Other Men Need Help wherever you listen to podcasts. And at othermenneedhelp.com .

Other Men Need Help is executive produced, hosted, and written by Mark Pagán. Ben Goldberg, Caitlin Mae Burke, and Rebecca Seidel are lead producers. Navani Otero is the producer. Cierra Franco and Shaneez Tyndall are associate producers. Rebecca Seidel is the lead engineer. Ben Goldberg is the lead editor. Original music by Fulton Street Music Group with additional music from Blue Dot Sessions.

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