This is part of Slate’s 2026 Olympics coverage. Read more here.  While it was a great Winter Games for Team USA by pretty ...

Dear Prudence, Our daughter grew up with a bad best friend, “Trisha.” Trisha was the type to constantly be ski ...

I have a friend that I meet for lunch a few times a year, three or four. We are both retired teachers (we worked at the same ...

But also, I do not want to spend $1,000 on dinner! I’m the first person in my family to go to university and to make a salary ...

My 7-year-old daughter thinks she is 17. She is obsessed with things like crop tops, short shorts, and makeup … none of which we allow her to wear outside of the house. At home with her family, she ...

Milan: The site of many of Italy’s most enduring architectural and cultural attractions, such as the Duomo di Milano, the famed Teatro alla Scala, the glass-vaulted Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, and ...

I’m a woman, and I have been with my husband for 18 years. He is 22 years older than me. When we met, I was still recovering from a nasty divorce where my ex repeatedly cheated on me. After much ...

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I’m a pragmatist, so I’m inclined to take your side. You were horny, your wife was indisposed, you did what you had to do.

I keep seeing nightmarish stories on Instagram of parents who get three hours of broken sleep a night for five, six, or even 10 years. Then there are so many people commenting on posts like that, ...

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By the way, Ng confirms that bald eagle infatuation is very much an American enterprise. Folks in Canada and Mexico just see ...