Emily Yoffe
Dear Prudence
Debbie Reynolds and MeThe famed actress has an advice column, too. And many of the letters she’s answered sound very familiar.
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Take It Sitting DownIn a live chat, Prudie advises a woman who won’t let her husband stand up to pee.
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Deathbed BetrayalJust before she died, my wife confessed to me why we never had children.
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Too-Adult SwimIn a live chat, Prudie advises a parent skeeved out by a man at the neighborhood pool.
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Dream DeferredMy partner immigrated illegally as a child and has a fake Social Security number. How in trouble is he?
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Heck No, I Won’t GoIn a live chat, Prudie counsels a woman who refuses to visit her husband’s home country in the Middle East.
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Hot-Flashed and BotheredI’m a woman in my 50s, and I need sex—preferably with a younger man.
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Hell MouthIn a live chat, Prudie counsels a woman whose husband has such bad dental hygiene, she is considering divorce.
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To Catch a ProfessorA student told me she has sex with two senior faculty members for money. What should I do?
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Loose Lips Sink RelationshipsIn a live chat, Prudie counsels a man whose wife is threatening to destroy his military career.
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A Real Ball and ChainA woman who won’t tell her fiancé she’s $250,000 in debt—and other wedding-season quandaries.
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Tender Loving Trade-OffIn a live chat, Prudie advises a man whose fiancée adores him—at the expense of her kids.
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In Defense of Dopey Teen SextersIn a chat with Slate Plus members, Emily Yoffe talks about prosecutorial overreach in a Virginia sexting case.
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Knock Knock It OffIn a live chat, Prudie offers advice on a husband who won’t stop making crude jokes.
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Hair-Brained IdeaIn a live chat, Prudie offers advice on whether to shave one’s head in support of a friend’s battle with cancer.
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Kid You NotIn a live chat, Prudie advises a child-free woman who had an abortion without telling her boyfriend.
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What’s Bo Derek Got That I Don’t?In a live chat, Prudie advises a woman insulted by her husband’s description of her as an “8.”
