Dear Prudence

Slate advice column

Dear Prudence is an advice column, originally appearing in Slate magazine, where readers submit personal dilemmas to a pseudonymous columnist: I wrote to Dear Prudence about my mother-in-law.

The name comes from the Beatles song.

By extension, any agony aunt or advice-giver: Don't go Dear Prudence on me.

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  • BeatlesIconic sixties rock quartet
  • songMusical piece with words
  • carefulExercising caution and attention
  • wisdomGood judgment from experience
  • cautionCareful attention to risk

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