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Dec 5, 2024 | 
slate.com | Ashley C. Ford |Ashley Ford
Skip to the content Dear Prudence Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Ashley C. Ford is filling in as Prudie for Jenée Desmond-Harriswhile she’s on parental leave. Submit questions here Dear Prudence, A few years ago, I moved to a retirement community and became close friends with a fellow widow, “Marie,” even though I have one of the most basic condos and Marie has a big house on the golf course, a yacht, and numerous other properties she mostly rents out.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
slate.com | Ashley Ford
Skip to the content 5-Foot-11 on a Good Day—and This Was a Good Day Dear Prudence Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Ashley C. Ford is filling in as Prudie for Jenée Desmond-Harriswhile she’s on parental leave. Submit questions here. Dear Prudence, After graduate school, I had a serious girlfriend, “Sasha.” We were very much in love, super compatible, and lived together for a few years, but I wanted kids and she didn’t.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
slate.com | Ashley Ford
Care and Feeding Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Submit questions here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Prudence, My niece went no contact with her parents three years ago. She was a high achiever who won a full scholarship to a prestigious university and graduated with honors. Everyone had given my sister money over the years to contribute to her college fund. My niece went to her parents for the money after graduation and found out it was gone.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
slate.com | Ashley Ford
Skip to the content Omens That are Becoming Impossible to Ignore Dear Prudence Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Ashley C. Ford is filling in as Prudie for Jenée Desmond-Harriswhile she’s on parental leave. Submit questions here. Dear Prudence, I have accidentally canceled Thanksgiving and I want people to stop texting and calling me about it.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
memoirland.substack.com | Lisa Gregoire |Martha White |Joelle Kidd |Ashley Ford
Welcome to Memoir Land—a newsletter edited by Sari Botton, now featuring four verticals:Memoir Monday, a weekly curation of the best personal essays from around the web brought to you by Narratively, The Rumpus, Granta, Oldster Magazine, Literary Hub, Orion Magazine, The Walrus, and Electric Literature. Below is this week’s curation. First Person Singular, featuring original personal essays.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
slate.com | Ashley Ford
Dear Prudence Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Submit questions here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Prudence, My husband and I work for the same company in different positions. Last year, I found out he was having an emotional and nearly physical affair with a married coworker. I gave him the choice to either work on our marriage and find a different job or a divorce. He chose our marriage and found another job. We been in counseling since and have made slow process.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
slate.com | Ashley Ford
Skip to the content Dear Prudence Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Submit questions here. Dear Prudence, My wife and I are almost 30: We’ve been friends since we were about 12, a couple since 18, and married since 22. Neither of us has ever dated anyone else, but now I’m thinking it might be that time. My wife had her gallbladder removed four years ago. Her doctor gave her a long list of foods to avoid which she has completely ignored.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
slate.com | Ashley Ford
Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Ashley C. Ford is filling in as Prudie for Jenée Desmond-Harriswhile she’s on parental leave. Submit questions here. Dear Prudence, We are approaching our 15 wedding anniversary and he told me another surprise for me was coming in the mail, and that it was something I could carry with me. My curiosity kicked in but thought whatever would be, it would be cute and great. The gift hasn’t arrived yet, but I already know what it is.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
netflixqueue.com | Ashley Ford
In honor of the film Daughters, Ashley C. Ford, educator and author of the soul-baring memoir Somebody’s Daughter, discusses the emotional toll of growing up with an incarcerated father. 8 min read“Our daddies are our mirrors.” Those are the words spoken by activist Angela Patton during the opening of Daughters.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
slate.com | Ashley Ford
Skip to the content In a Nervy, Half-Mad State Dear Prudence Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Ashley C. Ford is filling in as Prudie for Jenée Desmond-Harriswhile she’s on parental leave. Submit questions here. Dear Prudence, I love my husband. He’s kind, loving, and generous. My issue is that he wants to go out of his way to cater to me and I feel smothered. Wherever I am, he has to be right there, asking me multiple times if there is something I need.
