How To Ask For Money Politely Step 1: Figure out how much you need. No one wants to lend to a person without a plan, and not knowing what you need could lead to an even more awkward conversation.

How to Ask Your Tenant to Pay Rent On Time. Most landlords just want a smooth, stable relationship with a good tenant—one ...

You’re with a small group of friends at a nice restaurant. Everyone is enjoying the food and conversation when someone decides to take out his phone -- not for an urgent call, but to check email ...

The polite solution would be to throw a party -- not, specifically, a birthday party -- at which you can then admit that it is your birthday. If you cannot do that, then, yes: Give away the gifts ...

Every once in a while, I'll ask my Google Home for something -- the weather forecast, setting a timer, how to spell "antidisestablishmentarianism"-- and it answers right away. But then, sometimes ...

This episode is about asking someone to repeat something. Putri-san, from Indonesia, learned Japanese in university. She has been working in the real estate field for 4 years in Japan. Putri-san ...

Paddle around in this polite vagueness. Because you are next-door neighbors and this spouse is particularly aggressive, it might be best not to directly confront them with your specific reasons.