The One: Why Is It Such a Big Question for So Many Women?

Cheryl Strayed: I love that question of the one, which is like the thesis of so many rom coms. My mom always said this thing to me, she was like, I don't believe in the one. And if you're both ready, you decide to take a journey together and you learn about each other as that journey goes on. Could I have been happy with five of the other men I fell in love with? Had I fallen in love with them at a different time? Probably,. But I met your father's and we were able to walk into our careers to walk into the able we wanted. It wasn't the first time that passion had existed.