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You're sure don't need your parents? Really?

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Nov 14, 2024
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Original column, Dear Prudence, May 6 2019 (scroll way down for the letter from Awkward Vacation).

My take: In the spirit of Thanksgiving, upcoming this month, AdviceObsessed will here express its intense annoyance with the column we’re considering today.

Briefly: Two years ago the letter-writer came out and got married, and his/her parents have been “rud…

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