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Help! I Just Found Out My Husband Racked Up $100,000 of Credit Card Debt Because He Was “Depressed.”
2 hours, 27 minutes ago

Help! I Just Found Out My Husband Racked Up $100,000 of Credit Card Debt Because He Was “Depressed.”

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Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. I don’t think you should skip the Christmas visit, but it’s worth sending your sister an email or a text ahead of time that expresses 1) how important it is to you to be getting together for the holidays, 2) how much you respect the choice she has made to build a happy, healthy …

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Help! I Just Ran Into the Man Who Broke Into My House … at Kindergarten Pickup.
54 years, 11 months ago

Help! I Just Ran Into the Man Who Broke Into My House … at Kindergarten Pickup.

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Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Dear Prudence, * Your letter signoff Your pronouns Your email Submit Dear Prudence, I need advice on how to deal with a friend I honestly don’t like. But when I argue that the things he’s doing to me and my friends aren’t right, he breaks down and says that he “doesn’t know what to …

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Help! I Told My Wife I Wanted to Meet Up With Old Pals on a Family Trip. She Chose the Nuclear Option.
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Help! I Told My Wife I Wanted to Meet Up With Old Pals on a Family Trip. She Chose the Nuclear Option.

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Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. —Feeling Sad Dear Feeling Sad, You and your wife have different visions for what this trip is supposed to be: You’d like to use it as an opportunity to reconnect with old friends and to spend time with your family, while your wife sees this strictly as a family trip. I know a few …

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Help! I “Accidentally” Canceled My Entire Family’s Thanksgiving. Oops.
54 years, 11 months ago

Help! I “Accidentally” Canceled My Entire Family’s Thanksgiving. Oops.

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Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. —You Can Get Takeout Without Us Dear Takeout Without Us, My guess is, no matter how you frame it, your family already suspects why you’ve chosen not to join them for Thanksgiving year, and you’re all just talking circles around the subject. That’s not you slighting your husband, or even necessarily “wanting more,” it’s …

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Help! I Told My Girlfriend My Secret Tactic for More Legroom on a Flight. She Threatened to Report Me.
54 years, 11 months ago

Help! I Told My Girlfriend My Secret Tactic for More Legroom on a Flight. She Threatened to Report Me.

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Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years. And as for the gambling and staying out super late itself, I hate making calls about what’s “reasonable.” There are some marriages in which an occasional poker all-nighter would be par for the course. —Not-So-Welcome Guests Lots of people are able to maintain platonic friendships with their exes, and I …

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Help! My Wife’s Disgusting Digestive Issues Are Her Own Fault, and It’s Ruining Our Marriage.
54 years, 11 months ago

Help! My Wife’s Disgusting Digestive Issues Are Her Own Fault, and It’s Ruining Our Marriage.

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Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Dear Prudence, My wife and I are almost 30: We’ve been friends since we were about 12, a couple since 18, and married since 22. In fact, I don’t think you would care as much about the poop if it was something she couldn’t help, struggled with, or only rarely occurred. I don’t love …

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Help! My Husband and I Got Into a Fight About Our Messy Home. Then He Said Something Unforgivable.
54 years, 11 months ago

Help! My Husband and I Got Into a Fight About Our Messy Home. Then He Said Something Unforgivable.

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Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. To be clear, I mean we’re not vacuuming and mopping daily anymore like I usually could when I stayed home, not that there’s actual filth anywhere. Dear Prudence, For my second marriage, 10 years ago, I married a single mom with a daughter I’ll call “Emily,” who is currently 22. It doesn’t sound like …

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Help! I Offered Some of My Family My Precious Jewels. Then the Vultures Swept In.
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Help! I Offered Some of My Family My Precious Jewels. Then the Vultures Swept In.

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Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Dear Prudence, I’m a big fan of the movie When Harry Met Sally. —Harry Burns Dear Harry, It’s been 35 years since your compatriot Mr. Burns made his assertion that “sex always gets in the way” of friendships between men and women. Also, I assume your wife had male friends before you were married, …

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Dear Prudence Uncensored: My Boyfriend’s Parents Are the World’s Worst Travelers. Now They Have a Disastrous Idea.
54 years, 11 months ago

Dear Prudence Uncensored: My Boyfriend’s Parents Are the World’s Worst Travelers. Now They Have a Disastrous Idea.

Slate  

Each week in Dear Prudence Uncensored, Prudie discusses a tricky letter with fellow Slate writer Joel Anderson, only for Slate Plus members. This week, they dig into “Trip Stress.” Dear Prudence, My boyfriend’s parents are fine in their home environment, but are the world’s worst travelers. —Trip Stress Read Prudie’s original response to this letter. Jenée Desmond-Harris: My first question …

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Help! My Perfect Neighbor Relationship Is About to Go Up in Smoke.
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Help! My Perfect Neighbor Relationship Is About to Go Up in Smoke.

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Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. But mostly, what I think when I see this said is “This sounds like a miserable place to be.” And that’s what I think when I hear the description of your sister’s life. If she won’t purchase childcare, which is what I’d usually prescribe—not so she can have a date night; just so she …

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Help! I’m Not Going to My Family’s Christmas If My Brother Brings His Awful “Rescue” Dog.
54 years, 11 months ago

Help! I’m Not Going to My Family’s Christmas If My Brother Brings His Awful “Rescue” Dog.

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Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Dear Prudence, I have an annual holiday dilemma involving my brother’s dog. —Terrified Toddler Mom Dear Terrified, It’s a wonderful act of kindness to take on an abused rescue dog. Dear Prudence, My boyfriend and I broke up after five years because he didn’t want to marry and have children. What if you replaced …

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Help! I Agreed to Be My Sister’s Sperm Donor. Now She’s Taking It Way Too Far.
1 year, 1 month ago

Help! I Agreed to Be My Sister’s Sperm Donor. Now She’s Taking It Way Too Far.

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Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. If, God forbid, they do find themselves needing to make another plan to build their family, your line, delivered calmly and repeated as often as needed, is, “I know you are disappointed and I’m so sorry for everything you’ve been through but I am not comfortable doing this again.” It’s going to be a …

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Help! A Yearslong Fight Over Theme Park Tickets Is Going to Ruin Thanksgiving.
1 year, 1 month ago

Help! A Yearslong Fight Over Theme Park Tickets Is Going to Ruin Thanksgiving.

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Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Of course, her cousin’s social life is not her responsibility and we don’t want her to get the message that she has to be unhappy to keep other people comfortable. Talk to your sister about the importance of including at least one child with a similar temperament—or if your niece truly doesn’t have any …

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Help! My Helicopter Parents Keep Barging Into My Apartment Without Permission.
1 year, 7 months ago

Help! My Helicopter Parents Keep Barging Into My Apartment Without Permission.

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Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. I find myself pestered with questions about if I’ve had something or another done yet, being told “you need to get XYZ done by a certain date,” or that my parents are coming over to help me unpack, do chores, etc. The locks need to be changed or I’m challenging my lease.” Dear Prudence, …

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Help! I Just Discovered My Dead Husband Had a Secret Second Family.
1 year, 11 months ago

Help! I Just Discovered My Dead Husband Had a Secret Second Family.

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Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. New Year, Same Problems For an upcoming special edition of Dear Prudence, we want to hear about the messy situations plaguing you that you’d like to shed in the new year. What two consenting adults do in their personal lives is none of my business, and I’m not entirely sure what my students’ understanding …

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Help! My Son Caught His Fiancé in Bed With His Brother.
2 years, 2 months ago

Help! My Son Caught His Fiancé in Bed With His Brother.

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Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Give Prudie a Hand in “We’re Prudence” Sometimes even Prudence needs a little help. She is refusing to pay me back or buy replacements because “I always share” and she “shouldn’t have had to remember which were special” and I should have kept the gifts far from the “communal wine.” The thing is, literally …

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Help! My Friend Is Demanding I Buy Her a New Washer and Dryer Because I Put My Child’s Diaper in It.
2 years, 4 months ago

Help! My Friend Is Demanding I Buy Her a New Washer and Dryer Because I Put My Child’s Diaper in It.

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Dear Prudence is online weekly to chat live with readers. And yes, it’s possible for you to run a self-cleaning cycle and clean the lint traps and do a bunch of other things to return this machine to near-factory standards. Knowing our parents’ aversion to change, my brother has been prepping them for his family’s inevitable move to another state …

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