Welcome to Dear Prudence, I'm your Prudence,

Janay Desmond Harris.

Today we'll be discussing an interracial couple's debate over African centered home decor, how to cope with homesickness

for a place you don't actually want to live, and whether it's fair to cut off an X.

Joining me today is Michael Arseno.

He's the author of I Can't Date Jesus

and I Don't Want to Die Poor.

His brand new essay collection,

I finally bought some Jordans,

will be available on March 12th.

Welcome Michael.

Thank you so much for having me.

I'm really excited to be here.

I really, really appreciate you coming on and I'm dying to ask you before we get started for one piece of unsolicited advice.

Call your mom.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

Talk about whatever.

I didn't mean to start on morbid, but you know what I see sometimes people complain

You know my mom bugs me about this all day or my dad takes me about nothing like the winner and yada yada

Appreciate that I know it's a cliche but you truly don't know how much time you have so call your mom.

Oh my God, you're the first person to get me crying off of this question.

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