Dear Prudence: The "It's Already Weird" Edition
Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery
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4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2018
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Prudence is joined this week by Julia Furlan, a Brooklyn-based journalist and podcast maker who is trying to learn how to hold a grudge.
Together they take on letters about what to do when racist thoughts influence your choice of sperm donor, should you leave your stable job to take the family on a year long sailing trip, how to approach the “do you want kids” question on first dates, what actions to take when your coworker talks to you in sexy (yet creepy) voice, how to handle your husband rejecting your decision to transition.
Slate Plus members will hear Prudie and Julia tackle letters about what to do when you accidentally hit your girlfriend after she “surprise” scares you, and how to handle a friend’s uncle who gave you a lap dance. Not yet a member? Sign up at Slate.com/PrudiePod.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening ad-free on Amazon Music. |
| 0:05.4 | You're listening to this week's excerpt from the Dear Prudence podcast. |
| 0:09.1 | To get the full-length, members-only version every week, join Slate Plus at slate.com slash Prudipod. |
| 0:18.7 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:19.9 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:22.6 | Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudon. Dear Prudon. Dear Prudence Dear Prudence Dear Prudence Dear Prudence |
| 0:23.6 | Dear Prudence |
| 0:24.6 | Dear Prudy |
| 0:25.6 | Do you think that I should contact him again? |
| 0:28.6 | Help |
| 0:29.6 | Help |
| 0:30.6 | Thanks. |
| 0:31.6 | Thank you Hello and welcome back to the Dear Prudence Show once again. |
| 0:46.4 | And as always, I am your host, Daniel Ortberg, with me in the studio. |
| 0:49.6 | This week is Julia for Law, a Brooklyn-based journalist and podcast maker who is trying to learn how to hold a grudge. Julia, welcome. Hi, Danny. How are you? I am doing well. You can breathe again in the Bay Area, which is very exciting. Oh, my God. I'm so, I'm relieved to hear that. Yes. Although, of course, by the time everyone hears this, there may have been several new and exciting natural disasters that I don't know about yet, in which case this may no longer be true. But today, look, it's here. You can come here. It's fine. It's great. It's raining. It's pouring rain. It's great, though. I'm, I don't believe you. I don't trust you. I don't believe that the East Coast is safe ever. How's it going? How's the, how are your |
| 1:28.2 | grudge holding abilities shaping up? Look, I just think I have to learn how to do it better because I |
| 1:34.2 | am, I feel a little bit like fishbowley where I'm like, oh, oh, it's fine. Everything's fine. I like |
| 1:41.0 | people. I have this like extreme impulse to want to please and want to |
| 1:47.6 | sort of like forget any sort of grudges. And I'm working on putting some walls up because guess what? |
| 1:53.2 | Boundaries are good. And also, you know, it's a self-protective measure ultimately. |
| 1:58.3 | Well, I hope that you're able to find the perfect balance |
| 2:02.4 | and only hold the most appropriate and healthy of grudges. Look, that's, I mean, it's the dream. |
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