Dear Prudence: Best and Weirdest Letters from the last decade

[minoanmiss]

https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/11/dear-prudence-best-weirdest-letters-election-day-distraction.html

Comments

[oursin]

this suggestion is going to cause unnecessary friction.
Fnar, fnar.
We see what she did there....

[beable]

OMG I know the letter about the yarn and the bedspread is far from being the wierdest letter in the bunch but I had forgotten about it and it pushes ALL MY BUTTONS namely I want a time machine to prevent DIL from having spent hours and hours crafting a lovely homemade knitted BEDSPREAD for someone so atrociously not knit-worthy as MIL.

[green_grrl]

That was wild. I couldn’t believe that woman had the brass to write in complaining about etiquette. In what world?!

[azurelunatic]

In the situation of the mistress with the apartment and school being paid for by the now-late husband, given the weird situation, I feel like the humane thing to do would have been to pay for the rest of the school year and the rest of the apartment lease, after having an emergency meeting with a financial counselor and a lawyer. Finishing those out would give the mistress and the kid a chance to catch their breath after the abrupt disruption, and in this case it appears the money is more than available.

[green_grrl]

Your response is much more humane. Given that LW was already estranged, had accepted that the mistress and child were his “active” family, and was feeling compassionate towards the situation, why not?

[shirou]

This reminds me how much I miss Emily Yoffe. By far my favorite columnist. I realize her puns aren't for everyone, but I find her responses so entertaining.

[xenacryst]

I'd love to see a followup "where are they now" for some of these.