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  • My Father had Exorcisms Performed on my Mother (Long Post)

    I come out of a household of similar circumstances, and it's interesting how Prudie missed the context of this person's predicament. Her advice this week was uncharacteristically (secularly) righteous, and surprisingly wrongheaded, and failed to take into account the dependence issues that arise in families with bizarre religious beliefs, as ...
    Posted to Dear Prudence by dunbain on November 22, 2008

  • marriage does not guarantee success

    I take issue with the idea that ''out-of-wedlock births are a national catastrophe''. I believe the national catastrophe is a lack of accountability. I think that single parents raising childred without the support of the absent parent should be looked at as ''deadbeat parents are a national catastrophe''. The parents remaining with the ...
    Posted to The Best Policy by jylmama on March 22, 2008

  • people say it's bad

    ok so you have people who think pregnancy out of marraige is bad and it causes a lot of pain... they also say that it can lead to unsuccessful people, and more unmarried pregnancies... I decided to reply to this because I am a child of an un married pregnancy woman... when my dad left i was to young to realise it but i knew enough that he was ...
    Posted to The Best Policy by musykalmayhem on March 21, 2008

  • Some Islamic Wisdom on Prudie's Comments

    Regarding the fiancee who refuses to be naked at night as long as there are children in the home: Islam addressed this matter 1400+ years ago. This is one translation of the Quran regarding this topic: 24:58 O ye who believe! Let your slaves, and those of you who have not come to puberty, ask leave of you at three times (before they come ...
    Posted to Dear Prudence by Usama2 on January 31, 2008