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Ask Lizzie
Our resident columnist Lizzie O'Leary answers your toughest questions about money etiquette
Ask Lizzie: Is it OK if I Use Shopping to Make Me Feel, You Know, Happier?
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Finance for Humans
Dear Ms. Etiquette: How Much Am I Supposed to Tip During the Holidays Anyway?
It’s that time of year, when you tip those wonderful people who help you live your life. Yet you have zero idea how much to give. Our fearless columnist takes on holiday tipping.
Finance for Humans
Dear Ms. Etiquette: I Want to Be Green But It’s Too Expensive!
Our columnist takes on the conundrum of wanting to be responsible but not being able to afford sustainable body wash and eco jeans. Hint: it’s not about what you buy.
Finance for Humans
Dear Ms. Etiquette: Can I Run Crazy in the Streets if the Raptors Win Or is it Un-Canadian?
People lose their ever-loving minds when their sports teams win championships. Can it be done in a more Canadian, less horrible dumpster-fire way? We answer your burning (sorry) questions.
Finance for Humans
Our fearless columnist explains how to make an ethical and sound financial decision when you’re a member of the Pandemic Anxiety Club.
Finance for Humans
Is Your Payment App Making You Passive Aggressive?
Our columnist explores the slippery ethics of using payment apps, and how they can actually make dealing with money weirder.
Finance for Humans
Dear Ms. Etiquette: Do I Have to Lend My Siblings Money?
Our columnist explores the delicate art of lending money to family: what to know, how to protect yourself, how to be fair, and maybe most important, how to say no if you need to
Finance for Humans
Dear Ms. Etiquette: Do I Have to Give to My Coworker’s GoFundMe?
Are you inundated with worthy (and not-so-) causes at work? Our columnist has one answer to the charity with a face (from the cubicle next to you) conundrum.
Finance for Humans
Is It Wrong to Take Advantage of My Expense Account?
Is it wrong to treat an expense account like a perk? An exploration of the moral world of corporate money.
Finance for Humans
Our fearless columnist tackles something you really need an etiquette degree for: buying appropriate gifts for graduations, weddings, baby showers and other joyous (and annoying) events.
Finance for Humans
Dear Ms. Etiquette: I just got engaged! Can I ask for a prenup or does that mean I'm dead inside?
Our columnist discovers that prenups have a financial, and human, lesson to teach even those of us who would never use one.
Finance for Humans
Dear Ms. Etiquette: When am I too old to ask my parents for money?
Our columnist takes on the age-old question of mooching off your genetic forebears.
Finance for Humans
Dear Ms. Etiquette: What should I do when someone asks how much I make?
This week our columnist tackles that scariest of personal info: our salaries!
Finance for Humans
In her inaugural column, our Etiquette-ist tackles moving in together when one person makes way more.
Finance for Humans
Ask Lizzie: Help! I’m Planning a Wedding and I Don’t Want to Bankrupt My Friends!
Our columnist helps the happy-couple-to-be think through how to pull off their special day without bankrupting their special friends.
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Ask Lizzie: How Do I Know If I’m “Paying My Dues” or “Getting Taken Advantage of”?
Our columnist looks at the incredibly slow changes happening in corporate culture — and how (and when) to stand up for yourself.
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Ask Lizzie: I Want Another Baby. My Husband Wants to Build a Dream House. Help!
This week, our columnist wades into the messy business of balancing savings goals with having kids, and how to compromise when you disagree about… big things.