Dear Prudence Videos

Slate's advice columnist, Prudence, offers guidance to a young woman who has buyer's remorse about getting engaged.

Slate's advice columnist, Prudence, counsels a woman whose friend's husband won't come clean about his smoking habit.

A woman who is frustrated by the wasteful ways of her boyfriend's parents seeks guidance from Slate's advice columnist, Prudence.

A pastor who has little patience for his parishioners' unruly cats and dogs seeks counsel from Slate's advice columnist, Prudence.

Slate's advice columnist, Prudence, counsels a woman who is fed up with her boss' over-sharing about menopause.

Slate's advice columnist, Prudence, counsels a woman whose boyfriend doesn't give a sheet about making the bed.

Slate's advice columnist, Prudence, gives counsel to a man who can't bear that his teenage niece is far from the sharpest tool in the shed.

A woman whose childhood best friend has deserted her seeks counsel from Slate's advice columnist, Prudence.

Slate's advice columnist, Prudence, counsels a woman who is fed up with her parents' misguided attempts to relate to her Filipino-American husband.

Slate's advice columnist, Prudence, counsels a young woman who wonders if her pixie haircut is driving potential suitors away.

Slate's advice columnist, Prudence, counsels a woman who is conflicted about a fellow mother's hard-drinking ways.

A man asks Slate's advice columnist, Prudence, what to do when his obese, diabetic sister-in-law asks him to get her some marijuana to ease her pain.

Slate's advice columnist, Prudence, gives counsel to a young man who recently stumbled upon an e-mail that proves his father is having an affair.

A young man who hitches rides regularly with a friend who enjoys one too many for the road seeks counsel from Slate's advice columnist, Prudence.

Slate's advice columnist, Prudence, counsels a woman who is growing tired of her vegetarian friend's sermons.

Slate's advice columnist, Prudence, hears from a young woman whose internship was ruined by an older colleague who became obsessed with her cleavage.

Slate's advice columnist, Dear Prudence, counsels a husband whose trust has been destroyed by his wife's failure to come clean.

Painful memories surface when a young woman's sister begins dating a former classmate and tormentor. Slate's advice columnist, Prudence, advises.

A man who learns his wife is reconnecting with her former lover seeks counsel from Slate's advice columnist, Prudence.

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