Dear Prudence | My Controlling Fiancé Says He Loves Me. Help!

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🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by sports journalist and author Frankie de la Cretaz. Together, they answer questions about confronting your dad’s hoarding partner, moving forward after a fight with your mom, and dealing with a controlling fiancé. 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 Maura Currie, Vic Whitley-Berry, and Daisy Rosario. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The new £5 pound meal deal from McDonald's.
0:02.0	Get a cheeseburger or mayo chicken, medium fries,
0:05.0	four McNuggets and a medium soft drink for guess what?
0:08.0	That's right, five pounds.
0:10.0	It's not called the £5 meal deal for nothing.
0:14.0	From 11 AM. Not available on delivery.
0:17.0	Carbonated soft drink upgrade fees apply.
0:18.0	Participating restaurants, subjects, availability.
0:27.4	Welcome to Dear Prudence.
0:29.7	I'm your guest Prudence, Kristen Mineser.
0:34.0	I host a couple of other podcasts, including Buy the Book and How to Be Fine.
0:38.3	Be sure to check those out if you love self-help books, hate self-help books, or want advice on how to be okay-ish rather than perfect. Today, we'll be answering questions
0:44.9	about confronting your dad's hoarding partner, moving forward after a fight with your mom,
0:52.1	and dealing with a controlling fiancé.
0:55.6	Here to help me out is sports journalist and author Frankie De La Crayta.
1:00.5	Welcome to the show, Frankie.
1:02.7	Thank you so much for having me.
1:04.8	Now, before we get started, we like to ask all of our guests for a bit of advice that you would give to the world unprompted.
1:15.0	Okay, this is what I'm working on, but I think it's really important, which is it's okay to let people be wrong about you.
1:23.7	Yeah.
1:25.2	Oh, explain. Explain more about this.
1:30.1	I'm someone, I'm a journalist, right? So I always have the receipts and the facts and I struggle. I'm okay if you're upset with me over something
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