Dear Prudence | I Need My Best Friend to Give Me Some Space. Help!

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🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

On the final episode of Dear Prudence, Jenée is joined by Lonnae O’Neal – a senior writer for ESPN/Andscape and the author of the forthcoming book Bibb Country: Unearthing My Family Secrets of Land, Legacy and Lettuce. Together, they’ll answer questions like: what do you do when your friends’ husband calls you his wife’s hot lookalike? Is it worth taking a self-esteem hit to attend your 10-year high school graduation? How do you break it to your clingy best friend that you need some alone time? And how do you handle your dad maybe-cheating on your hospitalized mom? And: Jenée offers up some parting words about what’s next for Dear Prudence. If you loved this show, she hopes you’ll check out How To! and Care & Feeding. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The people of Britain love their fancy blenders.
0:03.0	They've bought loads of them.
0:05.0	And luckily, if they bought them with Barclay Card, they earned rewards.
0:09.0	In fact, they'll earn rewards on all their eligible purchases.
0:13.0	It's a more convenient way to consume your fruit and veg!
0:16.0	What you buy is your business.
0:19.0	Giving you rewards on purchases is ours.
0:21.6	Barclay card. Make money work for you.
0:23.6	28.9% APR representative variables subject to application,
0:27.6	financial circumstances and borrowing history. T's and C's apply.
0:29.6	Right, that's it. Come on. Lights out. You've got a test tomorrow.
0:32.6	Just two minutes. I'm about to reach the next level.
0:35.6	It's going off now.
0:36.6	Yeah, whatever.
0:38.0	Let's see. Where's the app?
0:39.4	Oh, here it is.
0:41.0	What? How? Oh, no.
0:43.6	You're out. Better look next time.
0:45.1	Mom!
0:46.1	It's game over for late nights on school nights.
0:49.0	EE Wi-Fi controls help you get them off the Wi-Fi and into bed.
0:52.9	More parents are choosing EE broadband Broadband, the UK's fastest
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