When people ask me why I don’t have money, I usually say it’s because I’m a writer and a teacher, and zero times two is still zero.  I’ve always figured that this was Hashem’s way of keeping my material relatable to people of all income levels.  But it’s never occurred to me that the reason I have no money might be because I’ve never bought a lottery ticket. 

Welcome back to “How Should I Know?” – the column to go to when your father says, “Ask Mommy,” and your mother says, “Ask Tatty.”  That way, when they ask, “Who gave you permission to do this?” you can say, “How Should I Know?”

I recently sent someone a long email expressing my frustration about something, and his entire response was, “Maybe you should write an article about anger management.”  And it wasn’t even an angry email.  It occurred to me only afterward that it may have come off as angry because I forgot to break it up into paragraphs. 

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