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Ask-o-logy: Who giveth

Today I got an email that made me jump for joy. Here it is, in its entirety:
Wow, asking does work. Just got $400 a month taken off rent by sending 1 email. You are truly an inspiration.

Sent from a dear friend, aka my sister’s boyfriend! Like so many people affected by these particularly [...]

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Welcome, new readers!

If you’re coming over from today’s Q&A in Time’s Cheapskate Blog, welcome! Thanks for stopping by. And many thanks to Brad, for chatting with me!

Here are a few tidbits, to help you get started.

Last summer, inspired by the book Women Don’t Ask, I set out to ask one question or negotiate something, every day for [...]

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Ask-o-logy: The How of How

I took a break last week because I really needed to wrap up some other writing projects. I was in that mode, if you know what I mean.

But hello! I’m back!

via photobucket

And here we are, getting to the end of this analysis. Once this is done, in a day or two, I’ll switch back to [...]

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Ask-o-logy: How to ask

I’m excited! Not one thing in particular. More like… grad school almost done, a few job possibilities around the corner, snagged two new Google voice telephone numbers, possible travel to NY and Montreal coming up in August, some top secret interesting developments looming and… it’s my Grandma’s birthday today!!

The big 88.

Happy Birthday, Tzush!!!

We went to [...]

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Ask-o-logy: On Location

Why hello there! And an excellent Sunday to you.

A quick side note about asking: I still am! I don’t want to interrupt these reports, but once I’m done here, I’ll fill you in on the latest.

And now, back to

For the past two days I looked at the financial side of things.

From here, I’ll examine the [...]