Dear Julie: “My Rich Friend Complains About Money” + “My Coworkers Suck”
DAME’s Friendkeeper gives life-affirming advice about channeling financial frustration and dealing with socially selfish cube-mates.
Money
Why Are We So Uncomfortable Talking About Money?
Women are more likely to fess up about their weight or their sex lives than about their salaries. And that’s a problem that’s costing all of us.
Dear Julie: Advice About Money Borrowing and Sick-Friend Favors
DAME’s Friendkeeper lays out how to ask a pal for a loan and has a woman weigh inconvenience against helping an acquaintance with cancer.
My Dad, the Company Man?
The writer’s father was anything but corporate. So when he whisked her and her siblings away to a company picnic, she braced herself for a mortifying adventure.
Help! I’ve Become My Mother’s Sugar Mama!
There was no question that the writer would take care of her mother in her old age. But what do you do when Mom squanders your hard-earned money on knockoff bags and jewelry?
Dear Julie: Advice About Unemployment Insensitivity and Know-It-Alls
DAME’s Friendkeeper helps a pink-slipped woman deal with her stress-causing friend, and tells another how to defuse her pal’s annoying “omniscience.”
Dear Julie: Advice About Co-Home Buying and Ending a Friendship
DAME’s Friendkeeper preps a woman for the pitfalls of owning property with pals and tells a woman how to make a clean break from a toxic tie.
Dear Julie: Advice About a Too-Spendy Friend and a Selfish Couch Surfer
DAME’s Friendkeeper makes us feel better about being money-conscious and explains how to lay down house rules with a guest who’s worn out her welcome.
Dear Julie: Advice About a Too-Eager Acquaintance and a Money-Borrowing Friend
DAME’s Friendkeeper helps a woman navigate her suspicions of a potential pal and tells another how to discuss loaned cash without losing her cool.