Dear Prudence | My Wife Thinks I Had an Emotional Affair With My Best Friend. Help!

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🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In this episode, Lizzie O’Leary (the host of Slate’s What Next: TBD) joins Prudie (Jenée Desmond-Harris) to answer letters from readers about what to do when your mother backed out of pre-arranged babysitting duties to go on a cruise, whether or not you’re being emotionally unfaithful to your partner, and what to do with a friend who’s great one-on-one but not-so-great in groups. 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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0:37.0	Welcome to dear Prudence. I'm your Prudence, Janay Desmond Harris.
0:40.0	Today I'll be answering questions from a listener
0:42.0	whose mother backed out of prearranged grandma
0:44.7	babysitting duties to go on a cruise and not even a very special cruise. Another whose wife accused
0:50.2	them of being emotionally unfaithful due to their friendship with an ex-girlfriend, and a debut
0:55.3	novelist whose family has not even bothered to read their book.
0:59.7	Here to help me out is Lizzie O'Leary.
1:01.6	She's the host of Slate's What Next T-B-D Podcast, which provides a guide to the tech
1:05.7	industry and the world that's creating for us to live in. In addition to our work at
1:10.0	Sloie has worked for a Peabody Award winning team at ABC and as a correspondent for
1:15.4	Blueburg and CNN and she hosted Marketplace Weekend for the American Public Media Group.
1:20.8	Welcome Lizzie.
1:21.8	Hi, it's so nice to be with you.
1:24.0	I'm so happy to have you here and I also know that you're kind of an advice giver on the
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