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Dear Prudence | I Didn’t Wish My Sister a Happy Birthday—Now She’s Pissed! Help!

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3.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Akilah Hughes (host of a new podcast from iHeart, Rebel Spirit) joins our Guest Prudie (Ashley C. Ford) to answer letters from readers about how to be a supportive long-distance friend to someone in an unhappy marriage, what to do when your friend is great at being a friend but a terrible colleague, and whether birthday texts are really necessary. Want more Dear Prudence? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/prudie-plus to get access wherever you listen. This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, and Jenée Desmond-Harris, with help from Ashley C. Ford, Maura Currie, and Anuli Ononye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

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0:06.0

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0:08.0

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0:12.0

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0:16.4

Price and coverage match limited by state law, not available in all states.

0:33.0

Introducing Lassldisei by Issemyake, a tribute to today's masculinity that gives men the desire to live intensely, a fragrance inspired by sort,

0:36.0

an essential element of nature,

0:38.0

an incisive freshness,

0:40.0

with a bold blend of woody and marine notes.

0:43.0

Awaken your senses.

0:45.0

Lisele Dise, the new fragrance for men.

0:49.0

Issemyake. See me okay. Okay. Welcome to Dear Prudence. I'm your guest prudence,

0:59.0

I'm your guest prudence, Ashley C. Ford, and today I'll be answering questions about how to be a supportive long-distance

1:05.8

friend to someone in an unhappy marriage. What to do when your friend is great at being a friend,

1:11.5

but a terrible colleague.

1:13.6

And whether birthday texts are really necessary.

1:16.7

Here to help me out is Aquila Hughes,

1:19.8

a writer, comedian, and host of a new podcast from I-Heart, Rebel Spirit.

1:24.8

You really need to get into it, I like it.

1:26.5

Where she returns to her small town of Florence, Kentucky,

1:30.0

with a mission to change her high school's mascot from a Confederate general into a biscuit.

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