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I Accidentally Found My Husband’s Secret “Friend.” Oh, God.
While I was putting away some underwear in my husband’s dresser drawer (we’re both men) several days ago, I discovered the ...
I Have a Little Secret for Not Stinking in the Summer
In colder weather, you can even try it on the inside of a sweater or a coat after you schvitz too much. I spray the stuff on ...
My Traditional In-Laws Say We’re Not Carrying on the “Family Legacy.” But We Have Daughters.
—The Old Beliefs Should Have Stayed in the Old World ...
My Boyfriend Promised Me an Exciting Sex Life. Well, Where Is It, Then?
How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It’s anonymous! Dear How to Do It ...
Fresh Herbs Are Being Massively Mismanaged
A time for succulent squash, impossibly sweet corn, life-altering tomatoes, and, perhaps most thrilling of all, utterly ...
Help! My Neighbor Friend Called Me a “Brother.” But What I Caught Him Doing Behind My Back Wasn’t Very Brotherly.
Dear Prudence, I became good friends with “Dennis,” a neighbor in my subdivision, about 15 years ago. About 10 ...
My Niece Asked Me a Bizarre, Grown-Up Question. She Learned It From Her Own Mother.
My sister “Clarissa” has been divorced from her ex for five years. They have two kids: my niece, “Bella,” who is 12, and my ...
I Think My Friend Might Be Trying to Give Me a Hint
If this were anybody else I’d “take the hint” and start telling myself stuff like “people grow apart,” etc., but this is a ...
My Ex and I Hooked Up. One Part of Him Seemed … Smaller Than Before.
I hooked up with an ex-boyfriend after five years, and we started to get to it until we realized neither he nor I had condoms ...
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My In-Laws Have Very Large Bodies. My Spouse Thinks We Need to Treat Them as a Warning for Our Kids.
My spouse and I have two kids, ages 2 and almost 5. This summer, for financial reasons, we’re relocating from the city where ...
My Sister is a Pediatric Nurse. She Absolutely Will Not Stop Giving Me the Wrong Advice About My Son.
Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My son is 3. He’s always been a light sleeper ...