Dear Prudence
Slate's premier advice column, featuring Jenée Desmond-Harris, helps you navigate the thorniest questions of relationships, work, and life.
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My Mom, An Alcoholic, Is Traveling Solo. Help!
Yesterday
Yesterday
30 mins
I Want To Go No-Contact With My Parents. Help!
March 28
March 28
34 mins
I Love My Sister But I Don’t Like Her. Help!
March 21
March 21
48 mins
I Don’t Like Being My Coworker’s Therapist. Help!
March 14
March 14
39 mins
Was I The Problem In My Marriage? Help!
March 7
March 7
36 mins
My Mom is Self-Centered. Am I, Too? Help!
February 28
February 28
38 mins
My Husband’s Family Needs So Much Of His Money. Help!
February 21
February 21
48 mins
I Have Enough Friends and Don’t Want More. Help!
February 14
February 14
37 mins
My Husband’s a Slob and I Want Out. Help!
February 7
February 7
37 mins
I Hate Getting Gifts. My Spouse Doesn’t Get It. Help!
January 31
January 31
38 mins
My Mom Thinks My Husband Is Abusive. He’s Not. Help!
January 24
January 24
47 mins
My Stepdaughter Is Ruining My House. Help!
January 17
January 17
46 mins
My Mom’s Freaking Out Over My Gender Identity
January 10
January 10
46 mins
My Husband’s a Nurse… and an Alcoholic. Help!
January 3
January 3
48 mins
Encore: A DNA Test Revealed a Secret Sibling. Help!
Dec 27, 2024
Dec 27, 2024
38 mins
I Feel Like The Grinch. Help!
Dec 20, 2024
Dec 20, 2024
51 mins
I Came Out. Now My Mean Sister’s an Ally. Help!
Dec 13, 2024
Dec 13, 2024
34 mins
My Stepson is a Liar and Attention Seeker. Help!
Dec 6, 2024
Dec 6, 2024
41 mins
Encore: I Am Swamped With Plans and I Hate It. Help!
Nov 29, 2024
Nov 29, 2024
43 mins
We Bought A House. Now He Won’t Marry Me. Help!
Nov 22, 2024
Nov 22, 2024
37 mins
I Can’t Afford To Support My Girlfriend Anymore. Help!
Nov 15, 2024
Nov 15, 2024
44 mins
I’m Sick of Hearing My Friend Cry About Her Job. Help!
Nov 8, 2024
Nov 8, 2024
40 mins
My Wife Won’t Stop Correcting My Grammar. Help!
Nov 1, 2024
Nov 1, 2024
43 mins
My Husband Wants More Sympathy Than I Can Give. Help!
Oct 25, 2024
Oct 25, 2024
53 mins
I Love My Family. My Husband Doesn’t. Help!
Oct 18, 2024
Oct 18, 2024
47 mins
I Spread A Rumor That Alienated My Friends and Mentor. Help!
Oct 11, 2024
Oct 11, 2024
55 mins
My Widowed Dad Is Now The “Other Woman.” Help!
Oct 4, 2024
Oct 4, 2024
48 mins
My Friend Keeps Disappearing and it Hurts! Help!
Sep 27, 2024
Sep 27, 2024
38 mins
I Didn’t Wish My Sister a Happy Birthday—Now She’s Pissed! Help!
Sep 20, 2024
Sep 20, 2024
38 mins
Revisiting Advice from Ashley C. Ford
Sep 13, 2024
Sep 13, 2024
46 mins
My Wife Thinks I Had an Emotional Affair With My Best Friend. Help!
Sep 6, 2024
Sep 6, 2024
41 mins
I Found My Happily Married Mom’s Profile on a BDSM Dating Site. Help!
Aug 30, 2024
Aug 30, 2024
51 mins
I’m Dating My Former Professor and It’s Affecting My Relationship With My Sisters. Help!
Aug 23, 2024
Aug 23, 2024
35 mins
My Husband and I Divorced Amicably. Nine Months Later, He Wants Me Back. Help!
Aug 16, 2024
Aug 16, 2024
45 mins
Politics Is Ruining My Family. Help!
Aug 9, 2024
Aug 9, 2024
35 mins
My Friend Told Our Friend Group That My Boyfriend Sexually Assaulted Me. He Didn’t. Help!
Aug 2, 2024
Aug 2, 2024
36 mins
My Brother-In-Law’s Girlfriend Wore A Transparent Dress To My Wedding. Help!
Jul 26, 2024
Jul 26, 2024
41 mins
I Am Swamped With Plans and I Hate It. Help!
Jul 19, 2024
Jul 19, 2024
42 mins
My BFF Bullied Her Husband Into Allowing Her to Sleep With Other Men. Help!
Jul 12, 2024
Jul 12, 2024
37 mins
How’s Your Sex Life?: How Do I Get Over My Ex? with Brandon Kyle Goodman
Jul 5, 2024
Jul 5, 2024
41 mins
My In-Laws Disrespected My Daughter, So I Kicked Them Out. Help!
Jun 28, 2024
Jun 28, 2024
39 mins
Revisiting Advice from Dr. Orna Guralnik
Jun 21, 2024
Jun 21, 2024
42 mins
I’m Sick of Feeling Like I’m Always the One Doing All The Work in Dating. Help!
Jun 14, 2024
Jun 14, 2024
41 mins
I Bailed on a Family Trip Because My Plane Seat Didn’t Have Enough Legroom—Am I a Monster? Help!
Jun 7, 2024
Jun 7, 2024
27 mins
I’m 39 and in Love With a 67-year-old. I’m Concerned About Judgment From Others. Help!
May 31, 2024
May 31, 2024
39 mins
My Nonreligious Boyfriend Is Meeting My Ultra-Religious Parents. Help!
May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024
39 mins
My Mom Forgot to Take Her Medicine and “Accidentally” Made Racist Remarks. Help!
May 17, 2024
May 17, 2024
31 mins
I’m Queer and Here—Just Not to My Parents. Help!
May 10, 2024
May 10, 2024
32 mins
My Brother Is a Budding Alex Jones. Help!
May 3, 2024
May 3, 2024
34 mins
My love language with friends is touch, but it makes my partner jealous. Help!
Apr 26, 2024
Apr 26, 2024
42 mins
My Wife’s Bipolar Diagnosis Is Creating A Rift in Our Marriage. Help!
Apr 19, 2024
Apr 19, 2024
35 mins
I Lost a Lot of Weight and Now I Enjoy Being a Mean Girl. Help!
Apr 12, 2024
Apr 12, 2024
40 mins
From Choice Words: Live in Fear or Love? (with Karamo)
Apr 5, 2024
Apr 5, 2024
48 mins
My Partner Sticks Her Finger in Food to Taste Test It. Help!
Mar 29, 2024
Mar 29, 2024
36 mins
My Parents Are Flaunting Their Wealth While I’m Drowning in Debt. Help!
Mar 22, 2024
Mar 22, 2024
30 mins
My Ex Had Sex With My Brother. Help!
Mar 15, 2024
Mar 15, 2024
38 mins
I Want People to Shut Up! Help!
Mar 8, 2024
Mar 8, 2024
39 mins
Am I a Bad Father If I Don't Want to Acknowledge My Kid Publicly? Help!
Mar 1, 2024
Mar 1, 2024
35 mins
My Friend Has a Master’s Degree in Lying. Help!
Feb 23, 2024
Feb 23, 2024
36 mins
How Do I Get Over Someone I Never Dated? Help!
Feb 16, 2024
Feb 16, 2024
38 mins
Is My Work Husband Keeping Me A Secret From His Wife? Help!
Feb 9, 2024
Feb 9, 2024
36 mins
Am I a Bigot If I Don’t Want to Date Foreigners? Help!
Feb 2, 2024
Feb 2, 2024
29 mins
My Husband Stopped Using Soap and He Stinks. Help!
Jan 26, 2024
Jan 26, 2024
39 mins
I Spend Hours a Day Having Intense Romantic Daydreams. Help!
Jan 19, 2024
Jan 19, 2024
42 mins
A DNA Test Revealed a Secret Sibling. Help!
Jan 12, 2024
Jan 12, 2024
37 mins
I Don’t Want to Cancel My Retirement Plans to Babysit. Help!
Jan 5, 2024
Jan 5, 2024
47 mins
Outward: We’re Here, We’re Queer, Here’s Some Advice!
Dec 29, 2023
Dec 29, 2023
39 mins
My Mother-In-Law Doesn’t Wash Her Hands After Using The Bathroom. Help!
Dec 22, 2023
Dec 22, 2023
43 mins
I Rejected A Friend’s Sexual Advance—Now He’s Being Weird. Help!
Dec 15, 2023
Dec 15, 2023
39 mins
My Friend Won’t Stop Buying Me Gifts. Help!
Dec 8, 2023
Dec 8, 2023
42 mins
I Want to "Cancel" My Bad Boss But I'm Having Doubts. Help!
Dec 1, 2023
Dec 1, 2023
51 mins
Revisiting Advice from LeVar Burton
Nov 24, 2023
Nov 24, 2023
37 mins
My Family Won't Let Me Host for the Holidays. Help!
Nov 17, 2023
Nov 17, 2023
41 mins
My Coworker Keeps Kissing Me on the Cheek. Help!
Nov 10, 2023
Nov 10, 2023
39 mins
My Friend Tried to Bring Her Kids to A Winery. Help!
Nov 3, 2023
Nov 3, 2023
43 mins
I’m Making Bitchy Comments to A Dog! Help!
Oct 27, 2023
Oct 27, 2023
38 mins
Is It Okay to Ghost A Friend? Help!
Oct 20, 2023
Oct 20, 2023
39 mins
Is It Too Early in the Relationship to Say "I Love You"? Help!
Oct 13, 2023
Oct 13, 2023
34 mins
My Girlfriend Is Always Late! Help!
Oct 6, 2023
Oct 6, 2023
43 mins
Should I Donate Sperm To My Ex? Help!
Sep 29, 2023
Sep 29, 2023
38 mins
I Don't Want My Dad to Give Me Away at My Wedding. Help!
Sep 22, 2023
Sep 22, 2023
46 mins
My Partner’s Relationship With His Ex Makes Me Feel Like the Third Wheel. Help!
Sep 15, 2023
Sep 15, 2023
36 mins
My Sister Is Lying to My Nephews About Their Father's Identity. Help!
Sep 8, 2023
Sep 8, 2023
44 mins
Relationship Podcasts Are Ruining My Friend's Life. Help!
Sep 1, 2023
Sep 1, 2023
40 mins
My Wife Goes Braless Around Our Teenage Sons. Help!
Aug 25, 2023
Aug 25, 2023
45 mins
I Told My Husband I May Have Postpartum Depression—He Did Nothing. Help!
Aug 18, 2023
Aug 18, 2023
51 mins
My Co-Worker Won’t Stop Sending Me Friend Requests Online. Help!
Aug 11, 2023
Aug 11, 2023
29 mins
My Sister Is Doing Everything She Can to Make Me Suffer at Her Wedding. Help!
Aug 4, 2023
Aug 4, 2023
35 mins
My Boyfriend Hid His Hobby From Me—Civil War Reenactments. Help!
Jul 28, 2023
Jul 28, 2023
47 mins
How Do I Disclose to My Kids That I've Had an Abortion–Twice? Help!
Jul 21, 2023
Jul 21, 2023
48 mins
My Friends Got Me a Terrible Birthday Gift. Help!
Jul 14, 2023
Jul 14, 2023
37 mins
I Hate My Fiancé’s Mustache—but He Refuses to Get Rid of It. Help!
Jul 7, 2023
Jul 7, 2023
44 mins
A Co-Worker I Dated is Spreading Rumors About Our Breakup. Help!
Jun 30, 2023
Jun 30, 2023
40 mins
How Do You Know When It’s Time to Break Up With a Friend? Help!
Jun 23, 2023
Jun 23, 2023
48 mins
I Tested My Partner’s Parenting Readiness and He’s Upset. Help!
Jun 16, 2023
Jun 16, 2023
38 mins
I Think My Husband Is Quiet Quitting Our Marriage. Help!
Jun 9, 2023
Jun 9, 2023
39 mins
I Think My Wife Is Cheating On Me—With A Robot. Help!
Jun 2, 2023
Jun 2, 2023
55 mins
I Saved My Neighbor’s Life And Now She Won't Leave Me Alone. Help!
May 26, 2023
May 26, 2023
39 mins
I Think My Dad Is Cheating On My Mom. Help!
May 19, 2023
May 19, 2023
35 mins
My Co-Worker Repeatedly Ignores My Boundaries. Help!
May 12, 2023
May 12, 2023
37 mins
Should I Travel Across the World With My Ex? Help!
May 5, 2023
May 5, 2023
38 mins
I Was Only “Verbally” Invited to a Wedding. Help!
Apr 28, 2023
Apr 28, 2023
41 mins
My Close Friend Is Spiraling And I Live Far Away. Help!
Apr 21, 2023
Apr 21, 2023
42 mins
My Husband Wants Our 9-Year-Old Son to Play Tackle Football. Help!
Apr 14, 2023
Apr 14, 2023
37 mins
I Don’t Want My Dad to Attend My Daughter’s Wedding. Help!
Apr 7, 2023
Apr 7, 2023
46 mins
I Think Black Tourists Are in Danger in My Town. Help!
Mar 31, 2023
Mar 31, 2023
40 mins
My Wife’s Friend Is Not Her Friend. Help!
Mar 24, 2023
Mar 24, 2023
41 mins
My Mom Doesn’t Think My Fiancé Is Enough. Help!
Mar 17, 2023
Mar 17, 2023
39 mins
Should I Have A Baby? Help!
Mar 10, 2023
Mar 10, 2023
37 mins
Almost 50 with No Friends. Help!
Mar 3, 2023
Mar 3, 2023
30 mins
Sister Wants Me to Be Her Surrogate. Help!
Feb 24, 2023
Feb 24, 2023
39 mins
My Partner Might Be in Conversion Therapy. Help!
Feb 17, 2023
Feb 17, 2023
37 mins
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