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Help! My Son Is Making a Big Mistake With His Wedding Guest List. His Fianc'e Told Me Stay Out of It.
20+ min ago (109+ words) Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years'so we're diving into the Dear Prudence archives to share classic letters with our readers. Submit your own questions to Prudie here. From: Help! Is My Boyfriend's Penchant for Wearing Lingerie…...
My Wife is Insisting on a $500 Cake for Our Daughter's Fifth Birthday. I Suspect She Has an Ulterior Motive.
20+ min ago (324+ words) My wife "Tricia" belongs to a friend circle that throws insanely lavish birthday parties for their kids (think thousands of dollars in costs) and posts everything on social media. I should mention that the kids involved are all under 7. Our…...
My 6-Year-Old Son Started Screaming Bloody Murder on a Plane. The Reason Isn't At All What You'd Expect.
20+ min ago (577+ words) I have a 6-year-old son who is mostly a very in-control child. Yet, when he's freshly awake he has rage meltdowns from tiny things, like pages in a coloring book being hard to turn. I can see his vision "go…...
Money advice: There's a problem with tipping a percentage on delivery orders that no one likes to admit.
20+ min ago (263+ words) Dear Prudence is Slate's advice column. Submit questions here. My partner thinks the percentage is standard and fair. But I worry that on cheaper orders, that comes out to very little, and the effort of biking here and climbing our…...
In Baseball Slang, Who or What Is Uncle Charlie?
25+ min ago (50+ words) Slate More Games From Slate Slate Mini Crossword for May 18, 2026 Slate Pears Game 276: May 17, 2026 Slate Mini Crossword for May 17, 2026 Slate Crossword: Natural Habitat for Boas? (Eight Letters) We need to talk about your adblocker...
Maybe Trump Is Giving Us the Capital City We Deserve
40+ min ago (53+ words) Slate But even if we limit the discussion to the most federalized and symbolic parts of the city, it's worth addressing the objections to the idea that Trump is delivering the capital we deserve'or at least the one we voted…...
The Four Secret Words That Allow Your Employer to Make You Do Almost Anything They Want
35+ min ago (671+ words) Few people are as knee-deep in our work-related anxieties and sticky office politics as Alison Green, who has been fielding workplace questions for a decade now on her website Ask a Manager. In Direct Report, she spotlights themes from her…...
Does Your Kid Hate Reading? This Challenge May Change Their Mind.
3+ hour, 20+ min ago (191+ words) This week on the Plus Playground: Lucy, Elizabeth, and Zak recommend the books they're loving right now'and the ones they'll dig into this summer. Podcast production by Cheyna Roth and Rosemary Belson. Follow us on You Tube! Lucy Lopez, Elizabeth…...
There Was One Widespread Rumor About the SNL Finale. It's Time for It to Come True.
1+ day, 1+ min ago (1628+ words) Slate Of all the people to host the premiere of Saturday Night Live's U. K. edition, they picked an American. "How do I put this politely: None of you fuckers would do it," Tina Fey said in her monologue in March. "I'm…...
Slate Mini Crossword for May 17, 2026
1+ day, 29+ min ago (48+ words) Slate More Games From Slate Slate Pears Game 276: May 17, 2026 Slate Crossword: Natural Habitat for Boas? (Eight Letters) Slate Pears Game 275: May 16, 2026 Slate Mini Crossword for May 16, 2026 We need to talk about your adblocker...