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Off the Record: We Don’t Talk About Natalie
3+ week, 1+ day ago (158+ words) favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the What Next show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify....
My Mom Wants Me to Invite a Kid to Our Child-Free Wedding. I Have a Legitimate Excuse Not to.
6+ day, 14+ min ago (180+ words) kid-free wedding guest list! Dear Not a Bridezilla, From: Help! My Mother Wants to Invite My Disabled Cousin...this point, it is obvious this is a power play. From: Help! My Stepdaughter Is Playing a Power Game With...(December 13th, 2023). —Feel…...
Off the Record: Air Farce One
4+ week, 1+ day ago (149+ words) favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the What Next show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify....
My Friend Ignored Every Wedding Invitation I Sent. Now She’s Back, and Her “Excuse” Hurts Just as Much.
3+ week, 4+ day ago (187+ words) celebrated with so many loved ones. I have a friend from college with whom I have remained close since we...
I Found My Nephews Doing Something Inappropriate. Their Excuse Was Even More Upsetting.
3+ week, 2+ day ago (231+ words) This past week, I stayed at my brother “Dave’s” place while I was in town for a work convention for a few days. Dave is divorced and has two boys, “Caleb,” 12, and “Ryan,” 14. On my last day there, I caught…...
Can You Identify Which Item Cost More Than $10 in the 1897 Sears Roebuck and Co. Catalog?
3+ week, 4+ day ago (52+ words) on the Slate Quiz for Aug. 18, 2026. More Games From Slate Slate SoundBites for August 18, 2026 Slate...
My Family Has Always Been Cagey About My Estranged Older Siblings. I Just Discovered the Shocking Reason Why.
3+ week, 2+ day ago (653+ words) my aunt wrote “you know what you need to do,” and from the dates on the letters, it tracks back roughly...extreme, and I think one of the things I have learned from doing these Uncensoreds with you is that,…...
Sex party advice: There's only one rule my friends have about who can attend. My wife and I broke it.
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (518+ words) How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Jessica and Rich here. It’s anonymous! Dear There’s an Exception to Every Rule, It is my understanding that no-unaccompanied-men rules in these spaces exist to…...
I Have a Very Common Vision for My Retirement. To My Wife, It’s an Insult.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (217+ words) replying to some of these comments and suggestions from readers, which will be featured on the site on Fridays...
It’s Obvious Now Why “Woke 1” Failed. I Have an Idea for How Progressives Can Be Less Annoying Next Time.
3+ week, 6+ day ago (976+ words) about the Democratic Party and where it’s headed from Wisconsin’s gubernatorial primary last week. That...There are plenty of ways to account for this upset, from polling errors to the musical chairs at the ballot...