Dear Prudence | I Look Just Like My Boyfriend’s Dead Wife. Help!

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🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Jenée is joined by Brittany Luse — the host of NPR’s It’s Been a Minute. Together, they answer questions from a reader distraught that their fiance won’t stop publishing smutty fiction about real-life historical figures, another unsure what to do after her husband stole a $500 bottle of wine from their friends’ dinner party, a spooked listener who can’t get over how much she looks like her boyfriend’s dead wife, and a daughter trying to break it to her mom that her choice to live child-free isn’t a result of some unknown childhood trauma. 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 week’s podcast is produced by Jenée Desmond Harris, Maura Currie, and Daisy Rosario, with special thanks to Anuli Ononye and Cameron Drews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dear Prudence.
0:06.4	I'm Your Prudence, Jeney Desmond Harris.
0:09.6	Today we'll be answering letters from a reader whose fiancé won't stop publishing smutty fiction
0:14.4	about real-life historical figures.
0:17.5	And another who needs to know what to do after her husband stole a $500 bottle of wine from a dinner party.
0:23.7	Outrageous.
0:24.9	Plus, there's someone who can't get over how much she looks like her boyfriend's dead wife
0:29.2	and a woman who did not experience any childhood trauma, but for some reason her mom will not believe
0:34.9	that.
0:36.0	Here to help me out is the host of NPR's It's Been a Minute,
0:38.9	Brittany Luce. Every week she tackles cultural issues ranging from whether there really is a male
0:44.2	loneliness pandemic to why celebrities are, quote, in their flop era. Brittany has also hosted the
0:50.8	podcast for Colored Nerds, The Nod, and Sampler.
0:58.9	Aside from Slate's Nadira Goff, I think she's our first repeated guest.
1:01.9	I couldn't wait to have you on again.
1:03.8	I just had to wait until it had been long enough.
1:05.5	So welcome.
1:06.5	Thank you.
1:07.7	I can't believe that.
1:09.0	I am so touched.
1:10.5	I'm so, I'm thrilled.
1:11.4	Thank you so much.
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