Dear Prudence: The "Timing Is Everything" Edition
Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2016
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Mallory and guest Andrea Silenzi of Slate podcast “Why Oh Why” take on big issues, starting with the weighty question of how long you should wait to move on when someone you’re dating goes missing at sea. Then to your letters: I was ready to forgive my mom for how badly she handled my coming-out, but I just learned she also outed me to my whole family — what now? I set a goal to start a relationship in 2016, and it didn’t happen — what’s next? I’m worried that my son isn’t mine — should I take a paternity test? Finally: Mallory gives Andrea some radical dating advice. And a special note this week: we’ve got a letter concerning someone having suicidal thoughts. If that sounds like you or someone you know, call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255, or you can chat with them or find resources at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/. 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 |
| 0:12.4 | Prudipod. |
| 0:17.6 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:18.5 | Dear Prudence. |
| 0:19.6 | Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudy. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. |
| 0:21.4 | Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. |
| 0:22.3 | Dear Prudy. |
| 0:24.6 | Do you think that I should contact him again? |
| 0:27.9 | Help. |
| 0:28.4 | Help. |
| 0:28.9 | Thanks. |
| 0:29.2 | Thanks. |
| 0:29.6 | Thank you. Welcome back to the Dear Prudence podcast. I am once again, Dear Prudence, also known as Mallory Ortberg. |
| 0:47.5 | Before we get started, I just want to let listeners know that we have an unusually heavy couple of questions this week, including multiple letters that |
| 0:55.0 | deal with writers or their friends experiencing profound suicidal thoughts. We're doing the best that we |
| 1:00.0 | can to answer this thoughtfully, but if you or someone you know is having these kinds of thoughts, |
| 1:04.0 | the very first thing you should do is call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline. |
| 1:07.5 | It's 1-800-273-8255, or you can chat with them in real time or find resources |
| 1:14.5 | at Suicide Prevention Lifeline.org. That's Suicide Prevention Lifeline, all one word, dot org. |
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