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Dear Prudence: My Mother-In-Law Doesn’t Wash Her Hands After Using The Bathroom. Help!

Slate Culture

English - December 22, 2023 08:00 - 43 minutes - ★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
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In this episode, Josie Duffy Rice (host of Crooked Media’s What a Day) joins Prudie (Jenée Desmond-Harris) to answer letters from readers discussing racially charged Next Door drama, a man who asks his girlfriend to butter his dinner rolls, and how to nicely ask a loved one to wash their hands after using the bathroom.
If you want more Dear Prudence, join Slate Plus, Slate’s membership program. Jenée answers an extra question every week, just for members. 
Go to Slate.com/prudieplus to sign up. It’s just $15 for your first three months. 
Podcast production by Se’era Spragley Ricks and Daisy Rosario, with help from Palace Shaw.
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In this episode, Josie Duffy Rice (host of Crooked Media’s What a Day) joins Prudie (Jenée Desmond-Harris) to answer letters from readers discussing racially charged Next Door drama, a man who asks his girlfriend to butter his dinner rolls, and how to nicely ask a loved one to wash their hands after using the bathroom.

If you want more Dear Prudence, join Slate Plus, Slate’s membership program. Jenée answers an extra question every week, just for members. 

Go to Slate.com/prudieplus to sign up. It’s just $15 for your first three months. 

Podcast production by Se’era Spragley Ricks and Daisy Rosario, with help from Palace Shaw.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices