DEAR Jasminda, I HAVE a friend who is a beautician. She gives me cheap massages and facials but she talks the whole way through the experience and it's torture. Can I tell her to be quiet? Rebecca D. Dear Rebecca, Unfortunately in this world, you get what you pay for, and when you want

DEAR Jasminda, MY 13-year-old son wants an E-bike for his birthday. He has offered to pay half. All his friends have E-bikes and he can't keep up with them.. Should I relent even though I think he's better off riding a normal bike for his health. I'm also worried about the

DEAR Jasminda, There was so much stress in the build-up to Cyclone Alfred. How did the experts get it so wrong? Marcia P. Dear Marcia, Now the meteorologists will give you all sorts of reasons for Alfred's change of heart, like the tropical cyclone looping back on itself which changed its expected trajectory, and

DEAR Jasminda, I HAVE a neighbour who parades around his backyard in the nuddy. He opens his side gate, so I can see him from my kitchen window. He thinks it’s funny when I tell him I can watch porn on television if I was that way inclined. What do you

DEAR Jasminda, LAST week my phone rang during the meditation part of a yoga class. I quickly attended to it and switched it to silent (which I thought I'd already done). One of the other yoga attendees made a big deal about it, but he falls asleep in every session and

DEAR Jasminda, FOR a couple of years I've been encouraging the kids to use our local Return and Earn facility, but lately they can't be bothered, so now I recycle the cans and bottles and cash in the vouchers. It doesn't really seem worth it for all the effort. I thought

DEAR Jasminda, Why can't the other members in my family replace the toilet roll with a new one? Invariably there is an empty roll sitting on the windowsill or the floor. How hard can it be? Betina M. Dear Betina, It was a relief to receive your message because I'd been reading about the

DEAR Jasminda, TWICE now during the holidays I have been beeped while waiting at the roundabout. I have been driving for decades but I am always wary of roundabouts and sometimes completely change my travel route to avoid them. I think in both cases I was in the right. Can you

DEAR Jasminda, I HAVE 45 people coming to my place for Christmas. Parents, cousins, aunts and uncles, and three rescue dogs are descending on our doorstep. I'm stressed about how I'm going to feed everyone and worried some will want to stay overnight. I don't have any extra room. Help! Katie M. Dear

DEAR Jasminda, It is my daughter's third Christmas and she refuses to get a photo with Santa. It is a family tradition in our family to send everyone a Santa photo. Will I just get it done even though she'll look terrible because she'll be screaming? Krista G. Dear Krista, Many of us have