Dear Prudence: My Friend Told Our Friend Group That My Boyfriend Sexually Assaulted Me. He Didn’t. Help!

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🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In this episode, Scaachi Koul (Slate’s senior writer and co-host of Wondery’s Scamfluencers) joins Prudie (Jenée Desmond-Harris) to answer letters from readers about relationship dilemmas like what to do when your husband keeps confronting you about your supposed snoring habits, what to do when your partner uses colloquialisms that come across as mocking or offensive, and how to approach your friend group whose spreading an unforgivable rumor about your boyfriend. 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	If just thinking about your bills makes you feel confused and disorientated,
0:05.0	like your head is full of raspberry,
0:08.0	then you need Monzo.
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0:15.0	Money never felt like Monzo.
0:18.0	UK residents, tease and seize apply.
0:27.0	Welcome to Dear Prudence, I'm your Prudence. I'm your Prudence.
0:28.0	Janay Desmond Harris.
0:29.0	I'm also very sick today, so you'll have to excuse my voice and bear with me but hopefully the letters
0:34.0	will make up for it. Today we'll be tackling listeners relationship dilemmas.
0:38.0	What to do and your husband keeps confronting you about your snoring habits
0:42.1	when you're positive you don't snore,
0:44.4	what to do when your partner uses colloquialisms that come across as mocking or offensive,
0:48.9	and how to approach your friend group when they're spreading an unforgettable rumor about your boyfriend.
0:54.0	Here to help me out is Saatchi Cole, a senior writer at Slate and co-host of Scamfluencers,
0:59.3	a podcast that dives into the world of fraud and deception in the digital world.
1:03.0	She's also the author of the essay collection,
1:05.0	One Day We'll All Be Dead, and none of this will matter.
1:08.0	Great advice for any of these letters.
1:10.0	And co-host of the Netflix documentary follow this.
1:13.0	Welcome, Saatchi.
1:14.0	Hi, how are you?
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