On Driving 100 Miles to See Your Boyfriend

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Last February, the Cut’s Alana Massey wrote a column titled “Why I’m Buying a House Without a Family to Put in It.” Seven months later, she is now living in that house, 100 miles away from her boyfriend, in a woodsy region of upstate New York. On this week’s Sex Lives, Alana talks to host Maureen O’Connor about the move; the joys of fucking in a house with a yard; her dream of causing small-town scandals; and why driving 100 miles to visit your boyfriend is actually easier than traveling from north Brooklyn to south Brooklyn on New York’s public transit system.

On Driving 100 Miles to See Your Boyfriend