Dear Prudence Fixing this was the whole point! Advice by Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. Sign in or create an account to better manage your email preferences. Unsubscribe from email alerts Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from email alerts for Rebecca Onion ? May 02, 2026 8:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Tom Kelley Archive/Getty Images Plus.  Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. For this edition, Rebecca Onion, a Slate senior writer, will be filling in as Prudie.  Submit questions here.  (It’s anonymous!) Dear Prudence, My lovely wife recently started therapy. The sessions seem to be going well, but I feel she is avoiding talking about a very serious problem. She suffers from unbelievable decision paralysis. For instance, this morning she spent over an hour trying to choose between six possible descriptions of the organization she works for on a drop-down menu on a website. It’s something that plays out across all choices.…