Welcome to Dear Prudence. I'm your Prudence, Jeney Desmond Harris. Today we'll be answering

letters from a listener hoping their sister will gain sanity and leave her husband, another from a

self-proclaimed girl's girl who somehow always becomes the enemy of other women, and one from the

pickiest eater on earth, wondering whether their food habits are impacting their professional

relationships. Here to help me out is Willa Paskin. She's the host of Slate's Dakota

Ring podcast. Every other week, she cracks the most pressing cultural mysteries, ranging from

the history of scratch-off tickets to the rise of the Hollywood stylist.

In addition to the podcast, Willa is a writer and television critic with bylines and slate, of course, the New York Times Magazine and Vulture.

Welcome to the show, Willa.

Hi, thanks for having me.

So I warned you about this, and you said said you're not going to have anything because this is

not the kind of thing you're good at. So let's see what happens. I would like you to give one piece

of unsolicited advice. Okay. If you're ever in doubt, bring a hat. Like if you think it's going to

be cold and you're like, but I don't want it. It's nothing going with my outfit or whatever just bring it it's just always so cold same applies to too

sunny as well overwhelming no just winter no I mean sure sure we can I think we can make a blanket

but like definitely it's cold just don't you see those people you're like you look so cold

it's just like just have it bring you see those people. You're like, you look so cold. It's just like,

just have it. Bring a hat. And my mom always says like 99% of your heat, you lose for your head

or something like that. I don't know what the set is. But okay, very smart and very good advice.

And you lied. You are good at that. Everyone, remember your hat. After the break, the two of us will work on giving some solicited advice.

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