Do you tell your friends you love them? And do you say it like that, using those words? Is it easy for you to say? Is it fraught?

Ricardo Jaramillo takes those questions on in this week’s essay. It’s read by Ncuti Gatwa, who stars in “Sex Education” on Netflix.

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