Dear Prudence: I Don’t Want to Cancel My Retirement Plans to Babysit. Help!

In this episode, Nicole Chung (author of A Living Remedy and All You Can Ever Know) joins Prudie (Jenée Desmond-Harris) to answer letters from readers dilemmas about a husband who wants to give up travel for grandpa duty, a partner who’s becoming really pushy about issues around adoption, and an engagement ring that could use a little work.

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Podcast production by Se’era Spragley Ricks and Daisy Rosario, with help from Maura Currie.

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