Dear Prudence: The “Insomnia” Edition
Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2017
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
I lent a family heirloom to a friend and she’s going to burn it in honor of her deceased child – can I ask for it back? “Nope!” says Prudence. Then your questions: Can I delay my breakup for financial gain? My partner won’t stop waking me up for trivial reasons! I found out my best friend had an affair with my now-dead husband — should I confront her about it? Author Saladin Ahmed joins Mallory to advise on these dilemmas. Hear more Prudence by joining Slate Plus: Slate.com/Prudiepod.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening ad-free on Amazon |
| 0:01.8 | Music. |
| 0:03.7 | You're listening to this week's excerpt from the Dear Prudence podcast. |
| 0:07.1 | To get the full-length members' only version every week, join Slate Plus at slate.com slash prudipod. |
| 0:17.2 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:18.3 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:19.4 | Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudy. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. |
| 0:21.3 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:22.1 | Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. |
| 0:24.4 | Do you think that I should contact him again? |
| 0:27.8 | Help. |
| 0:28.2 | Help. |
| 0:28.8 | Thanks. |
| 0:29.7 | Thank you. Welcome back to the Dear Prudence Show. I, as always, am Dear Prudence, also known as Mallory Ortberg, |
| 0:48.0 | and I'm excited for you to take this journey with me. Yet again, we have a great guest in the studio |
| 0:53.5 | today that I'm going to |
| 0:54.1 | get to in just a minute. But first, I want to talk about a couple of great letters I've gotten this |
| 0:59.6 | week. These letters have been impassioned. These letters have been strident. These letters have been |
| 1:04.9 | strongly worded. These letters have been about cots. Readers of the column might remember that last week we got a letter |
| 1:13.1 | from a woman who had lent a cot to a good friend of hers. It was built by, I believe, |
| 1:18.6 | her late grandfather. It was a bit of a family heirloom. She had agreed with her beforehand. |
| 1:23.7 | You know, after your son outgrows the cot, you'll give it back. So far so good. But then, |
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