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Thom Yorke's R.E.M. advice
Radiohead's Thom Yorke shares R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe's advice on not hiding from fame.
NME · 1m
Therapists Warn Against TikTok Dating Advice
Experts say TikTok relationship advice often harms connections.
Cosmopolitan · 1m
Tom Bateman on Love, Fandom, and Coffee Dates
Tom Bateman shares how his rom-com role and wife’s advice shaped his approach to love and fandom.
Cosmopolitan · 1m
Five tween boys, one very introverted neighbor
A woman who freely admits she is bad with kids asks what to do when the neighborhood boys start screaming slurs at her.
Slate Magazine · 2m
Your neighbor's grill is legal. Prudie says learn to live with it
A vegan asked her neighbor to move his grill twice, he started cooking more, and Prudie sides with the barbecue.
Slate Magazine · 3m
When your husband outsources the gift to ChatGPT
A wife can tell her presents came from a prompt, and Prudie thinks she knows why he reached for the bot.
Slate Magazine · 3m
Your daughter's love life is not your emergency
A mom wants her nearly 30-year-old daughter to stop picking disasters. Prudie says the real question is what the family did next.
Slate Magazine · 2m
A million-dollar heart and a 5-cent bank account
Three letters to Dear Abby about chasing a dream on empty, 20 years of arguing over child support, and a wedding invite pulled over a hotel room.
Chicago Sun-Times · 2m
Poor mom, rich uncle, one worried kid
A single mom watches her 10-year-old compare their cramped apartment to his uncle's three-story house, and wonders if she should pull back.
Slate Magazine · 3m
How to find a date without a dating app
A dating coach's three-step plan for meeting people offline, starting with one second of eye contact.
Vox · 2m
Dad thinks a stay-at-home son is less of a man
A father can't stand his daughter-in-law and can't stand the childcare plan either. Caroline turns the question back on him.
Dailymail · 3m
She asked us to raise her son. We said no.
A woman is called her sister's "last hope" for guardianship, and told a boy's future is on her conscience if she refuses.
Slate Magazine · 1m
The $500 dental emergency that wasn't
A rent shortfall, a lie about a tooth, and two more letters about the people who are closest to you.
Slate Magazine · 2m
Three letters, one hard question about grief
An estranged friend dies, a birthday nobody wants, and a crush that refuses to quit.
Chicago Sun-Times · 2m
A baby pulled off a wig. Now who owes an apology?
A 14-month-old yanked off a great aunt's wig at a party, and the fallout landed on the mother.
Slate Magazine · 1m
The Student Loan Debt My Partner Won't Face
Three money letters about the debt one partner hides, the house one spouse can't afford, and the wedding a friend won't skip.
Slate Magazine · 3m