Dear Prudence: The "Sunk Cost" Edition
Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2017
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Writer and commentator Lindy West joins Prudence to encourage Thelma-and-Louise-style road trips for jilted lovers and discourage kicking people out of wedding parties. First up in your letters: My boyfriend period shames me. Help! My fiancé has been postponing our marriage for five years – what should I do? Should I tell my sister-in-law that her kids’ grandpa is a convicted sex offender? And finally: I’m a lesbian, but I want to stay in my heterosexual marriage to preserve my family. Is that wrong? Hear more Prudence by joining Slate Plus: Slate.com/Prudiepod.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening ad-free on Amazon Music. |
| 0:03.6 | 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. |
| 0:17.9 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:18.7 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:19.8 | Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudy. Dear Prudence Dear Prudence Dear Prudence |
| 0:21.5 | Dear Prudence |
| 0:21.5 | Dear Prudence |
| 0:21.5 | Dear Prudy |
| 0:23.0 | Do you think |
| 0:25.7 | that I should contact him again |
| 0:27.9 | Help |
| 0:28.5 | Hi |
| 0:29.4 | Thanks |
| 0:29.9 | Thank you |
| 0:30.7 | Thank you for having me. Thank you. I just want |
| 0:59.7 | the people to know that I just had to retake the top of this episode because I accidentally |
| 1:03.6 | called myself Lindy West because I was looking at your name. The most flattering thing that's |
| 1:08.5 | ever happened to me. It's just really good for everyone to know. I have so much strength of character and ability to focus and concentrate that sometimes when I'm doing my own show, I forget my own name. |
| 1:17.7 | So you should absolutely turn to me for all your advice giving needs. |
| 1:21.6 | Lindy, I was originally going to open the show by talking about how the greatest episode of television and human history is the death trap episode of Frazier, where they reignite the crane boys mysteries. But actually, |
| 1:33.4 | something came down the pike this morning in the live chat that was so, I think I blacked out for a minute. |
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