Dear Prudence: The "I'm Not Really Perfect" Edition
Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Prudence is joined this week by a close personal, if not a bit judgmental, friend, Maddie Chavez. Maddie’s judgements are known to be true of heart and strong of will.
Together they tackle letters about how to handle a boyfriend who thinks you’re perfect and blames himself for everything, how to come clean from the tall tales you once told as a teen, how to tell your husband after many years that you never liked your wedding ring, what actions to take when your partner isn’t hearing your concerns about the prospect of having children, how to protect your newly trans brother from the wrath of your unaccepting parents, what actions to take when you’ve decided it’s time to seek help for your mental health, but your parents have more of a “suck it up” attitude.
Slate Plus members will hear Prudie and Maddie discuss a letter writer who is worried that his girlfriend doesn’t have friends outside of their relationship. Not yet a member? Sign up at Slate.com/PrudiePod.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening ad-free on Amazon |
| 0:01.8 | Music. |
| 0:03.4 | You're listening to this week's excerpt from the Dear Prudence podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | To get the full-length, members-only version every week, join Slate Plus at slate.com slash Prudipod. |
| 0:16.8 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:18.0 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:19.0 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:21.6 | Dear Prudence. Dear Prudy. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudy. |
| 0:22.6 | Do you think that I should contact him again? |
| 0:26.6 | Help. |
| 0:27.6 | Help. |
| 0:28.6 | Thanks. |
| 0:29.6 | Thank you. |
| 0:30.6 | Thank you. |
| 0:31.6 | Hello. |
| 0:32.6 | Hello. Hello and welcome back to The Dear Prudence Show once again, and as always, I am your host, Daniel Mallory Ortberg. |
| 0:47.2 | With me in the studio is a guest I have been trying to get on the show for two years and some change. |
| 0:53.5 | We'll get to her in a minute. But first, |
| 0:56.0 | I'm very excited to announce to all of you that I'm going on tour. This March, I'm going to be |
| 1:00.0 | doing live shows in Seattle, San Francisco, Denver, D.C. and Brooklyn. In each city, I will be |
| 1:06.2 | joined by smart and funny friends like Nicole, Jasmine, Grace, and more. I also hope to meet many of you on |
| 1:12.9 | tour. That sounded so formal. I hope to meet some of you on tour. That sounded better. |
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