Hello Daniel Mallory Ortberg or Dear Prudence here.

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Here's a preview of today's mini episode featuring Nicole Perkins and Bim Adawini from Slate's

Thirst Aid Kit podcast.

All right, lady. I mean...

30 year old breast pump.

That was a detail for me where I physically recoiled and I thought, come on mom, like sort this out.

I understand the excitement that comes with being, you a grandmother it's exciting a lot of things are

falling into place things that you know and this is a woman who has said she is

excited she has you know been wanting to be a This is, she's always dreamed of it.

I think when people do that, they dream

to the exclusion of everybody else's dreams.

And it can be difficult to rein someone in.

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Hey everybody, it's Tim Heidecker, you know me, Tim and Eric, Bridesmaids and Fantastic Four.

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