Help! I Bring My Girlfriends Family Free Food. But They Have the Gall to Make Complaints.
I am 20 and I work at a grocery store. My girlfriend’s family struggles a lot because her mom is the only working adult (her ...
My Daughter and Son Bathe Together. I Think I Need to Put a Stop to It.
I have a little girl who is 7 and a 4-year-old boy. They’ve been bathing together since my 4-year-old could sit up on his own ...
Patriotic Property Destruction, in This Week’s Open Thread
Find previous discussions in the Open Thread archive. Excepting the entreaty that you remain on topic, all of Slate’s usual ...
My Husband Has a Strange Bedtime “Need.” I Think He’s Trying to Trick Me.
Our sex life is what I would describe as pretty normal, and on nights when we do it, he sleeps soundly after. Same thing when ...
The Heist of St. Nick
The gist of it is this: In 1087 two Italian cities, Venice and Bari, raced to be the first to steal the bones of St. Nicholas—known to us as Santa Claus—from a basilica in what is now southern Turkey.
Coming Back to Work After Time Off Sucks. This Can Help.
The concept is simple: Build in a full day at the end of your trip, between the vacation and the resumption of normal life.
My Brother’s Wife Returned From Black Friday Shopping to Find Him Dead. But I Think She Was Responsible.
I believe that my brother’s wife killed him. On Thanksgiving, when they were over for dinner, my brother complained of pain ...
The Sydney Sweeney Industrial Complex
In August, HeyDude, a brand best known for its boat shoes, named Sweeney its global spokeswoman, or “director of Dude.” At the time, I was just one of many people who scratched their head over why one ...
My Girlfriend and I Have Always Gladly Agreed to Not Have Sex. Well, Something’s Changed.
How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It’s anonymous!
Why Manchin and Sinema’s Parting Gift to Trump Is So Brutal for the Rest Of Us
When Donald Trump enters office on Jan. 20, he will immediately start seizing control of the government by firing holdovers ...
Help! I Just Ran Into the Man Who Broke Into My House … at Kindergarten Pickup.
Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Delia Cai is filling in as Prudie for Jenée Desmond-Harris while she’s on parental leave. Submit questions here.
My Sister Claims We “Hijacked” Her Wedding With Our Baby News. But in Reality We Were Snooped On.
This past summer, my youngest sister, “Elena,” got married, which meant the extended family was in from out of town. To reduce the burden on the bride and groom, my wife and I volunteered to host a ...