Dear Junah
Questions about money, answered
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Each letter says whether it is illustrative or based on a real reader’s letter with the details changed. The videos are voiced with AI, using Junah’s own voice for her replies.These scenarios are for education, not personal financial, tax, legal or investment advice. Your situation will differ.
My parents' college money was a loan all along. Now Dad wants $114,000 back.
My mother-in-law stopped paying her share of our $660,000 house. What now?
We're 71. Tithe 10% or see Europe while we still can?
My brother did the math on my business payout. I got half.
I keep $8,000 in a shoebox because banks failed back home. Am I crazy?
I pledged $5,000 at church in the moment. I don't have it. Now what?
I want to be buried back home in Zimbabwe. How do I plan it now?
Seven hours of braiding for $275, and clients call it a rip-off. Too much?
My tuition didn't change. The naira did. How do I stay in college?
I earn $140,000. My husband wants to quit and stay home. Are we wrong?
We saved $900,000 and I panic over a $40 dinner. How do I let myself spend?
31 years running our hardware store, and the only offer is $90,000. Is that it?