Welcome to Dear Prudence. I'm Janay Desmond Harris and I am thrilled to say that Dear

Prudence is back. If you don't know, Dear Prudence is slate's long running advice column

and I have the honor of being the fifth prudy. We haven't had a podcast version of the

column for a while. So many people have asked for it and I'm happy to be able to give

the people what they want. Every week, I'll be joined by a guest who brings their own unique

perspective to responding to your letters. Today, that guest is Nadira Gough. Nadira is an

associate writer of culture here at Slate. She's also an incredibly kind colleague whose smart,

supportive, and so, so wise. This episode will tackle a letter from someone worried their partner

has been sent to conversion therapy. We'll also hear from a young person who can't avoid a family

member who abused them. But not all the questions are so tough. I promise we'll have a little fun,

too. We'll also find out which letter made Didira say this. People can be unpredictable and

nonsensical and sometimes parents and humans in general just don't make any goddamn sense.

Okay, we're going to take a quick break. When we come back, Nadira and I will jump in with a

letter about friendship and etiquette. That's coming up next on Dear Prudence.

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Welcome, Nadira. Thank you so much for being here. Thanks for having me.

So you are a wise colleague who I'm really happy is here with me today because I got the sense

that some of our letters were from younger readers. And I consider you to be a wise colleague who

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