Savvy Readers Share Their Money Patterns


Updated 10/18/10 6:16 AM · Posted by SavvySugar · 1 comment

Money Patterns of the Average Person

Are you ever curious to see how money conscious Savvy readers are? I've rounded up results of several polls I've done over the recent weeks, and the results are pretty interesting. Here's a quick snapshot of your money patterns.   Battle between bulge and budget: Ding, ding, ding — Bulge wins this round! I agree with 54 percent of readers who say dieting is way harder than budgeting. Only Read more

More Readers Hate Their Jobs Than Love Em


Updated 10/13/10 5:05 AM · Posted by SavvySugar · 0 comments

Do People Love or Hate Their Jobs?

In a recent poll, I asked whether you love, hate, or feel neutral about your jobs. Turns out, those who love their jobs were in the minority. There are about 27 percent respondents who love their jobs, while 40 percent hate what they do. The rest were pretty neutral. Here is what some readers had to say about their job:   I would say "like it a lot, most of the time." My dad always told me to Read more

Year-End Poll Results: How Many Weddings Did You Attend This Year?


Updated 12/27/07 6:58 AM · Posted by · 19 comments

Year-End Poll Results: How Many Weddings Did You Attend This Year?

I've definitely had my fair share of Summers where it seems every weekend is consumed by a wedding. They can be great fun but also very exhausting and expensive. This year, I was lucky enough to have only three weddings to attend, but I was curious about how many you attended in 2007. According to my year-end poll, half of you were on par with me, attending anywhere from one to three weddings in Read more

Year-End Poll Results: Faking Orgasms


Updated 02/25/10 6:27 PM · Posted by · 6 comments

Year-End Poll Results: Faking Orgasms

According to Tracey Cox, iVillage's sex expert, only 30 percent of women orgasm from penetration alone. Which means that sometimes, we just gotta fake it. So a few weeks ago, I asked you to weigh in on how many orgasms you faked in 2007. The results were both surprising and encouraging! Most of you aren't faking it at all: The most popular response, with 30 percent of the votes, was "I'm honest Read more

Year-End Poll Results: Fights With the Best Friend


Updated 12/21/07 7:33 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Year-End Poll Results: Fights With the Best Friend

Fighting with a best friend is one of the worst feelings in the world, but when you spend a lot of time with someone, the occasional argument is inevitable. So as part of my year-end coverage, I polled you guys about how many fights you had with your best friend in 2007. I was delighted to see that most of you — about 40 percent — had zero fights with your BFF in 2007, while 27 percent of Read more

Year-End Poll Results: Unsafe Sex


Updated 12/19/07 5:09 PM · Posted by · 11 comments

Year-End Poll Results: Unsafe Sex

Thanks for being so honest while voting in my Best of 2007 polls over the past few weeks. I must say, after I asked you how many times you had unprotected sex in 2007, I'm thrilled to see that more than half of you practiced safe sex all the time! It looks like all my sex-fact talk is working! Keep up the good work, and click on the following links if you need any more information about birth Read more

Year-End Poll Results: First Dates


Updated 12/19/07 1:25 PM · Posted by · 7 comments

Year-End Poll Results: First Dates

Two weeks ago I asked you how many first dates you went on in 2007 and the option of zero to five won by a landslide! I don't know about you, but I hate dating! I feel like I'm being put on the spot, and trying to impress the guy I'm with really isn't much fun. Even though the majority of you are in committed relationships, there were still 13 percent who were dating machines this year. Since Read more

Year-End Poll Results: First Kiss


Updated 01/04/08 10:50 AM · Posted by · 10 comments

Year-End Poll Results: First Kiss

Thank you all for participating in our year-end coverage, it's been a lot of fun to read about what you've all been up to in 2007. For my first poll, I asked you how many first kisses you had in '07, and the results were far less than I anticipated! Thirty-nine percent of you didn't have any first kisses at all, 53 percent of you had between one and ten, and the remaining nine percent had Read more

Are Working Moms Really Happier Than Stay-at-Home Moms?


Updated 05/21/12 12:05 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Happiness of Working Moms vs. Stay-at-Home Moms

Balancing (or choosing between) career and motherhood is a decision (or struggle) that every mom faces. This weekend, Motherlode, The New York Times' parenting blog, took a look at the results of a Gallup poll on the emotional satisfaction of working vs. nonworking mothers. Survey says . . . Non-employed women with young children at home are more likely than women with young children at home Read more

8 Ways to Make Your Own Career Luck


Updated 04/25/12 10:27 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

How to Get Your Dream Job

People often say that you make your own luck, but how do you make your own career luck and get the job of your dreams? LearnVest shares how you can do so. You sit next to someone on an airplane who later helps you land your dream job. Your dentist’s daughter is a book editor, and wouldn’t you know it, she’d just love to publish your memoir. You have a role model in your industry, and your Read more