Dear Prudence

Major sirens going off here.

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Nov 07, 2026 8:00 AM

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Dear Prudence,

My father is 80, and, as far as I can tell, he is experiencing a late-life crisis. He just informed me that he intends to sell his house and, I am flabbergasted by what he plans to do with the proceeds.

Prudie, he thinks he’s going to launch a singing career! My mother passed away three years ago, and she was the only one who could have talked him out of something so insane.…