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Dear Prudence: I Think My Dad Is Cheating On My Mom. Help!

Slate Culture

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Arts, Tv & Film, Music

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, co-host of Red Table Talk and host of Positively Gam Adrienne “Gammy” Banfield Norris joins Prudie (Jenée Desmond-Harris) to answer your letters from readers about friends who make bad choices, a groomzilla who is being snobby about wedding planning, and a 70-year-old father who might be cheating using dating apps. If you want more Dear Prudence, you should join Slate Plus, Slate’s membership program. Jenée answers an extra question every week, just for members. Go to Slate.com/prudieplus to sign up. It’s just $15 for your first three months. Podcast production by Se’era Spragley Ricks and Daisy Rosario, with help from Brandon Nix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:30.0

Welcome to dear prudence. I'm your prudence, Janay Desmond Harris.

0:40.0

Today, I'll be answering letters about friends who make bad choices. That's a common one. A groom to be who's being really snobby about wedding planning.

0:50.0

And a 70 year old father who might be cheating using dating apps and also getting scammed.

0:58.0

Here to help me out today is Adrienne Gammy-Banfield-Norris. She is the co-host of the award-winning show Red Table Talk and the host of I Heart Radio's Positively Gam. Welcome to the show Gammy. We're so excited to have you here.

1:12.0

Oh, thank you so much, Janay. I'm excited to be here. It's gonna be fun.

1:17.0

So before I get started, I did want to ask you, do you have one piece of advice, unsolicited advice that you just think is important for the average person to know?

1:27.0

You know, the world right now is just so crazy, right? And there's so much negativity in the world.

1:36.0

I try to just wake up with gratitude. I mean, I talk about that all the time. I just talked about gratitude on Red Table Talk on my podcast.

1:45.0

You know, that is my thing. I live in the space of gratitude because I've been through my own challenges.

1:53.0

And I just think that with everything that's going on in the world, it's easy to kind of get to fall into that negative space and almost into a space of hopelessness, too, because, you know, wow.

2:06.0

As human beings, we are treating one another. We've stepped way back.

2:12.0

Definitely. So it can be really dark if you fall into it. So just try to live in the space of gratitude and compassion for others and try to find your own joy.

2:25.0

And it even helps when you're just in a bad mood for no reason. Actually a couple of hours ago, I found myself just, I was just in a funk. I just wasn't in a good mood.

2:32.0

And I actually did sit down and write down a short gratitude list just for having a job that I love, having no real big problems to worry about.

2:41.0

Yeah. And it sounds kind of corny, but it really does change your energy a little bit.

2:46.0

It really does. I have a gratitude jar in my home. So yeah, it's extremely helpful.

2:52.0

Well, thank you for that. And everyone who's listening, listen to Gammy. She knows what she's talking about. So the two of us will dive into your questions after a short break.

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