My Parents Forced Me to Be Friends With a Mean Girl for Years. Now We’re All Grown Up, And I Might Have to Even the Score.

Dear Prudence I won’t tolerate her anymore. Advice by Jenée Desmond-Harris 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 Jenée Desmond-Harris? July 15, 20266:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Motortion/Getty Images Plus and DragonTiger/Getty Images Plus. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Submit questions here. Dear Prudence, “Alice” was the mean friend that my stepmother forced me to socialize with for social clout. I was the dreamy, quiet kid more interested in my books than anything els