Ask The Readers

On Friday, I shared that one of my special talents is the ability to kill even an air plant. Ha. In the comments on that …

WilliamB sent me this as a prompt for a discussion here: At what level of income or wealth do you think it’s inappropriate to try …

I have a general question I thought you or a reader could help me with. Since you eat most of your meals at home and …

Yesterday, Rebekah (who comments as Rebekah in SoCal) sent me a question she wants some help with!     My husband and I are facing …

I am currently drowning in first week of school tasks, plus my mental state is super distracted because we are all waiting for our math …

We discussed this topic briefly in the last Tightwad Gazette post because Amy wrote an essay about the possibilities that open up when you don’t …

Bee wrote in, wanting to pick the collective brain of the Frugal Girl community about tipping! Here’s what she said: I am curious how you …

My friend Polly suggested to me that we should have a discussion about tweaking the recipes that I’ve posted, and I think this is a …

We met Kaitlin, a Minnesota medical mama, in her Meet a Reader post. Since then, she’s been thrown into single mom life, and she left …

Reese sent this question in December: Kristen, could we get a post about starting up some things for the new year, financially speaking? I’m just …

Today’s question comes from one of my own cousins! Jenna lives in California and she and her husband have two little boys; a preschooler and …

Reader Kate/KD (here’s her Meet a Reader interview) wrote in with a request about air fryers. Here’s what she wanted to know: I’d love to …

This question is a mainstay in the Meet a Reader posts, but I thought it would be an interesting one to pose to all of …

I was working through my backlog of How to Money podcasts while walking the other day, and the topic of the lottery came up. Joel …

Last week, when I wrote about why I am decorating my rental even though it’s temporary, Reese, who has been through a divorce herself, left …