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Dear Prudence
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Dear Prudence: Sex Offender at the Kids Party
My stepfather is a convicted child molester, but my mother thinks he's harmless.
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A Cheater’s Checklist
Dear Prudence offers unsolicited advice to David Petraeus, Paula Broadwell, and others embroiled in the growing sex scandal.
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My Secret Sister
In a live chat, Prudie offers advice on whether Thanksgiving is a good time to introduce long-hidden relatives.
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Look Ma, No Hands!
In a live chat, Prudie counsels a woman who caught her son in a compromising position with the vacuum cleaner.
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Necessary Disclosure
My friend hasn’t told his partner he has HIV. Should I do it for him?
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Dear Prudence: Play-Date Psychodrama
My neighbor never lets her daughter come over to our house. What's wrong?
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How Can I Help My Introverted Daughter?
In a live chat, Prudie offers advice on the desire for a “quiet” Thanksgiving.
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Et Tu, Grandma?
In a live chat, Prudie advises a young man whose grandmother wants proof he’s not the product of an affair.
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Inexperience Matters
In a live chat, Prudie offers advice about a woman disparaged for not being a virgin.
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I Was Once a Bully
In a live chat, Prudie counsels an ex-bully now tormented by guilt.
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My Love Won’t Speak My Name
My actor boyfriend keeps me a secret so no one will find out he’s gay.
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Dear Prudence: Saving Lolita
My late-30s ex-boyfriend is sleeping with a teenager. Should I warn her?
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A Very Long Engagement?
In a live chat, Prudie advises a woman whose sister-in-law demands she postpone her wedding.
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But the Kid Is Not My Son
In a live chat, Prudie counsels a man whose wife is pregnant with another man's baby.
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Mind Your Own Birds and Bees
Do my friends and family really need to know how my same-sex wife and I got pregnant?
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There’s Something I Have To Get Off Your Chest
In a live chat, Prudie counsels a man bothered by his girlfriend's extra hair growth.
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Parent-Teacher Relations
In a live chat, Prudie advises a man who must teach the children of a woman he had an affair with.
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Prisoner Wife’s Dilemma
If I don’t sign a horrible postnuptial agreement, my husband will divorce me.
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My Best Friend’s Funeral
In a live chat, Prudie advises a woman who must pretend to be her dead roommate’s fiancée.
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Family Resemblance
In a live chat, Prudie advises a woman whose fiancé had a child with his brother’s wife.
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Sexual Reeling
My wife had more sex before our marriage than I did—and it’s driving me crazy.
