Dear Prudence is online weekly to chat live with readers. Here’s an edited transcript of this week’s chat. Danny Lavery: Good afternoon! We’ve got a very neighbor-heavy mailbag this week—let’s try to mend some fences. Q. Don’t fear the peeper: I like to walk through my town at night and […]
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I’m a college student in legal trouble, and more advice from Dear Prudence.
Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years. Each Sunday, we will be diving into the Dear Prudie archives and sharing a selection of classic letters with our readers. Dear Prudence, I am a college student just wrapping up my junior year. This school year has been incredibly […]
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My half-sister wanted my embryos but I donated them instead, and more advice from Dear Prudence.
Dear Prudence is online weekly to chat live with readers. Here’s an edited transcript of this week’s chat. Danny Lavery: Hello, all! Let’s get started. Q. Embryos: My half-sister “Nan” and I have never been close. We were born six months apart and our father chose my mother over Nan’s. He […]
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My daughter stole my other daughter’s husband, and more advice from Dear Prudence.
Dear Prudence is online weekly to chat live with readers. Here’s an edited transcript of this week’s chat. Danny Lavery: What a time to be alive and seeking counsel! Let’s do our best. Q. Choosing sides: Four years ago, my daughter “Cindy’s” husband “Andy” impregnated my other daughter, “Allison.” Andy left […]
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Am I a Karen because I got a custodian fired for stealing food from my desk, and more advice from Dear Prudence.
Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by t sableaux/iStock/Getty Images Plus, ConstantinosZ/iStock/Getty Images Plus, and NOPPAKHOON2016/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Dear Prudence is online weekly to chat live with readers. Here’s an edited transcript of this week’s chat. Danny Lavery: Just a few days left to try to ruin Christmas—let’s make them all […]
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My wife is treating a toy as her child, and more advice from Dear Prudence.
Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by aarestt/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Dear Prudence is online weekly to chat live with readers. Here’s an edited transcript of this week’s chat. Danny Lavery: I’m here, I’m upright, I’m doing my best. Let’s see what we can do with that. Q. Childish attachment: I’m a man […]
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What to do about them, and more advice from Dear Prudence.
Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by marchmeena29/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Dear Prudence is online weekly to chat live with readers. Here’s an edited transcript of this week’s chat. Danny Lavery: Right time, right place, right wrongs, let’s chat. Q. My husband’s “Likes”: We have close family friends with a beautiful and […]
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My bridezilla sisters expect me to make their wedding dresses, and more advice from Dear Prudence.
Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by cglade/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Dear Prudence is online weekly to chat live with readers. Here’s an edited transcript of this week’s chat. Danny Lavery: Hello, everyone! Let’s distract ourselves with one another’s personal lives, shall we? Q. Dresses: I am crafty. In an act of hubris […]