Searching for homes and scrolling through listing photos is fun, but saving up for a down payment can be a real challenge. That’s why some home buyers turn to family for a helping hand in the form of ...

How many of you would consider yourself to be a Giver? You love to give gifts, including money, time, or service, advice, and opinions! How many of you would say no, that’s not me, but I love to ...

Friedrich Nietzsche said that a gift confers no rights. But he was wrong about this. In fact, gifts are exchanges that imply reciprocity, binding together giver and receiver in numerous ways. Gift ...

Dear Amy: After many years of exchanging gifts with my brother-in-law and his wife, my husband and I decided we didn’t want to do it anymore. We are trying to get rid of things. We have too much stuff ...

A few months ago, I decided to volunteer. Give back to society. That’s what I should do, I thought. God knows I take enough (though who’s counting?). I went through the options in my mind: Volunteer ...