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Dear Prudence: I’m Sick of Hearing My Friend Cry About Her Job. Help!

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3.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by journalist and host of Vox’s Explain It To Me podcast JQ Hill. Together, they answer letters wondering when is the right time to start dating in a new city, how to let your friend know you’re tired of listening to them complain about their job, and what’s the best way to tell your boyfriend that you’d prefer alone time when you’re sick.  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 Maura Currie and Anuli Ononye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What makes a hero? Fearlessness in the face of danger?

0:04.0

Hair that's perfect after flying through a burning building?

0:07.0

Colorful tights?

0:09.0

Or is it making everything possible, working tirelessly to make the financial year end?

0:14.0

No thought for anything but the success of your clients.

0:18.0

Yes! The hero is you, accountants and bookkeepers everywhere. And QuickBooks

0:24.2

Accounting Software is here to support you. Into It QuickBooks for the hero behind the heroes.

0:35.9

Welcome to Dear Prudence. I'm your guest Prudence, Kristen Mineser. I host a couple of other podcasts,

0:41.3

including Buy the Book and How to Be Fine. Be sure to check those out if you love self-help books,

0:46.4

hate self-help books, or want advice on how to be okay-ish rather than perfect. Today, we will

0:52.9

be answering your relationship questions. When is it the

0:56.2

right time to start dating in a new city? What's the best way to tell your boyfriend that you'd

1:00.5

prefer a lone time when you're sick? And how do you let your friend know you're tired of listening

1:06.0

to them complain about their job? Here to help me out is John Collin Hill, the host of Vox's Explain It to

1:13.3

me. JQ's expansive media career has also included creating and hosting WAMUs through the Cracks

1:20.7

podcast and serving as senior producer at Vox, WAMU, and NPR's 1A. JQ, welcome back to the show. We're so pumped to have you here.

1:31.8

Hello, I'm happy to be here. I cannot wait to answer some questions. Oh my gosh. And the listeners

1:38.1

cannot wait to hear your answers because you are so smart, you are so insightful. And you're going to

1:43.8

give the best advice today.

1:45.5

Oh, thank you.

1:46.9

Now, before we get started, I would like to ask you a question that we ask all of our guests.

1:53.4

What is one piece of unsolicited advice you would give to the world unprompted?

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