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Because of a Choice I Made Years Ago, My Ex-Husband Gets $2 Million If I Die. I Don’t Know How to Solve This.
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (265+ words) I purchased term life insurance (expiring in 20 years) back when my now ex-husband and I thought we were ready to build a family. We've since divorced and I've decided it's highly, highly unlikely I'll have children after all. With no…...
Good News: You Probably Don’t Have a Spoon’s Worth of Plastic in Your Brain After All
15+ hour, 14+ min ago (801+ words) Good News: You Can Relax About Microplastics'Slate Remember hearing that you have a spoon's worth of plastic in your brain? That's what a study published last February in Nature Medicine suggested. Researchers at the University of New Mexico analyzed samples…...
I Don’t Expect Money When My Dad Dies. I’m Terrified of What He Might Leave Me With Instead.
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (361+ words) My biological father is incredibly irresponsible with money due to a "keeping up with the Joneses-type mentality. I'm extremely worried about how this will play out when he eventually dies. I am terrified that before he dies, he's going to…...
I Never Learned the Most Important Money Lesson When I Was Young. Now I’m Dealing With the Difficult Consequences.
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (217+ words) I am 27 and looking to pay off as much debt as I can before looking to purchase a home. But there are some obstacles in the way. My parents never gave me sound financial advice when I was younger. And…...
Gen Z Is More Progressive Than Millennials, Except in One Crucial Way
1+ week, 1+ day ago (501+ words) So which is it? Is Gen Z a bastion of progressives who are immune to the manosphere's toxicity? Or is 2025 a blip, and is Gen Z bucking the long-running trend of younger generations moving left? The short answer is that…...
Dementia has ruined my mother’s life. Or has it?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (2006+ words) I'm not ending up like this," I say aloud. Not really speaking to my mother, though my mother is the only other person in the room. I'm not ending up like this," I say. Not to my mother but to…...
The Family Drama of Inheritance
2+ week, 1+ day ago (173+ words) You told us about when inheritance was a surprise, when it felt like a control tactic, or an expression of love. Your stories about inheritance: Gwynn wrestles with her mother's will that would cut out her sister; Trevor inherited money…...
All My Children and One Life to Live Were Both Set in Which U.S. State?
3+ week, 1+ day ago (76+ words) More Games From Slate Slate Pears Game 129: Dec. 23, 2025 Slate Mini Crossword for Dec. 23, 2025 Slate Crossword: Two Handkerchiefs and Some Ribbon, in Its Earliest Modern Form (Three Letters) Slate Pears Game 128: Dec. 22, 2025 We need to talk about your adblocker This article…...
Our Shotgun Wedding Didn’t Give Us a Chance to Discuss the Future. Now I’ve Seen What My Husband Wants His to Look Like. Uh Oh.
3+ week, 5+ day ago (408+ words) Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years'so we're diving into the Pay Dirt archives to share classic letters with our readers.Submit your own questions about money here. (It's anonymous!) My husband and I, married nine years....
I Fantasized About Life as a Single Mom. I Never Saw My Hardest Challenge Coming.
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1071+ words) I became a single parent to my 11-week-old in the very inopportune month of November. In addition to figuring out how to keep an infant alive, adjusting to a parenting schedule that included hours of ... I became a single parent…...