Danny M. Lavery

Danny M. Lavery is a co-founder of the Toast and the author of Texts From Jane Eyre, The Merry Spinster, Something That May Shock and Discredit You, and Dear Prudence: Liberating Lessons From Slate.com’s Beloved Advice Column. Lavery wrote Slate’s Dear Prudence column from 2016 to 2021. He writes an email newsletter at Substack called The Chatner.

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Help! I’ve Been Waiting for My Boyfriend to Propose. What He Did Instead Is Beyond Frustrating.
Danny M. Lavery
March 30, 2026 6:00 AM
Help! My Girlfriend and I Are Splitting Up. Her “Solution” for Our Dog Is Outrageous.
Danny M. Lavery
March 02, 2026 6:00 AM
Help! I Dumped My Boyfriend Over a Terrifying “Prank.” Now He’s Begging for a Second Chance.
Danny M. Lavery
Jan 12, 2026 6:00 AM
Help! We’re Finally Having a Baby. My In-Laws Have Taken an Unthinkable Liberty.
Danny M. Lavery
Jan 05, 2026 6:00 AM
Help! I’m Interviewing for My Dream Job. One Panelist Knows Way Too Much About My Messy Past.
Danny M. Lavery
Jan 03, 2026 8:00 AM
Help! I Feel Weird About My 3-Year-Old’s Day Care “Romance.” The Other Parents Took It Way Too Far.
Danny M. Lavery
Dec 29, 2025 6:00 AM
Help! My Boyfriend Told Me How His Brother Died. His Family Says Something Very Different.
Danny M. Lavery
Dec 22, 2025 6:00 AM
Help! My Neighbor’s Kid Did Something Horrific to My Cat. Now They Expect Me to Do the Impossible.
Danny M. Lavery
Dec 15, 2025 6:00 AM
Help! My Friend and His Girlfriend Have a Devious Scheme to Pay Off Her Student Loans. It Involves a Wedding Ring.
Nicole Cliffe and Danny M. Lavery
Nov 03, 2025 6:00 AM
Help! My Friend Just Got Engaged. I Know Her Fiancé’s Dark Secret.
Danny M. Lavery
Sept 22, 2025 6:00 AM
Help! I Surprised My Mom With My Pregnancy Announcement. But the First Words Out of Her Mouth Devastated Me.
Danny M. Lavery
Sept 15, 2025 6:00 AM
Help! My Wife Thinks Her Kids Deserve “Equal Rights.” I’m Not So Sure.
Danny M. Lavery
Sept 08, 2025 6:00 AM
Help! My Biological Family Wants Me to Cut Out My Adoptive Mother. I’m Torn.
Danny M. Lavery
Aug 25, 2025 6:00 AM
Help! My Husband Says It’s Unfair He’ll Never Be a Dad. But Having Kids Could Cost Me My Life.
Danny M. Lavery
Aug 11, 2025 6:00 AM
Help! I Make Video Games for a Living. My Boss Has Some Very Backward Ideas About Who Should Be Playing Them.
Danny M. Lavery
Aug 04, 2025 6:00 AM
Help! I Think I’m Failing One of My “Wifely Duties.”
Emily Yoffe and Danny M. Lavery
July 28, 2025 6:00 AM
Help! I Recognized the Woman in a Risqué Video Sent to Me. Unfortunately, I Think I Know Who Leaked It.
Emily Yoffe and Danny M. Lavery
July 21, 2025 6:00 AM
Help! I Bullied a Woman in High School. Now She’s Making My Kids Pay the Price.
Emily Yoffe and Danny M. Lavery
July 19, 2025 8:00 AM
Help! I Pretended to Be My Ex in an Email. It Ruined His Life.
Emily Yoffe and Danny M. Lavery
July 15, 2025 6:00 AM
Help! I Can’t Afford to Attend My Stepsister’s Wedding. It’s Her Fault.
Danny M. Lavery
July 14, 2025 6:00 AM