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Dear Prudence,

My two children and my husband did something that has me absolutely furious. I turned 65 last month, and they took me out to an upscale restaurant for what I thought would be a pleasant evening.

Instead, they had all my friends there for an “Over the Hill” party! The gifts included adult diapers, dentures, hemorrhoid cream, a giant pill sorter, and all sorts of other things associated with actual old people. Worst of all was the cake: black trim icing and a custom image of an old woman plummeting off a hill to a retirement home below with vultures circling above! Everyone thought it was funny; the only thing that kept me from storming out was not wanting to make a scene in front

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