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Vanessa Green (left), lifestyle editor and Renee Sylvestre-Williams (right), Senior Lifestyle editor, tackle the latest issues, from how to reupholster a couch to picking out the perfect pumps, and encourage you to have your say, too.

Renee, a 30-something city dweller, is always on the lookout for shopping deals (current obsession - belts). She is in the process of getting a dog, looking for a condo (preferably on the subway line) and trying to find enough storage space for her shoe collection.

Vanessa "VG" Green currently resides in Toronto's West End and spends her time enjoying fine wines and dive bars. The 20-something aspires to one day become a kind of Tina Fey/Martha Stewart hybrid, but has fears about the supernatural powers such a being would possess. If given the chance, she'd love to make you a steak dinner and unwind while watching old episodes of Felicity.

Lifestyle questions and answers

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  • I want to marry a ghanaian and we want to know what forms we have to submit?

    Weddings - 5 hours ago

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  • EX BF, keeps asking if im dating.. (10 points)?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    Im single he is not, he ended it nearly one year ago, doesn't seem happy in new relationship. He recently started flirting with me, contacting me, he suggests to meet up for coffee a few times, but for some reason doesn't arrange it. is it quite likely he wants to try again? if so, why hasn't he.. I would really like to try again!
  • Some guy called me kinky...i need help?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    so i was texting this guy and i told him i was sore from gymnastics annd then he replies kinky... what the hell. i don't get it
  • My boyfriend smells really badly, and he just won't take the hint? Even when I tell him flat out?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    My boyfriend and I are both 21, and have been dating for 3 years. Recently, he has smelling really badly whenever I am around him. I ask him if he showers, brushes his teeth, etc..because I cannot for the life of me understand what is making him smell so bad. Recently, I was at his house, and I saw that he throws his laundry all over the place, doesn't wash his bed sheets, his house smelled musky and moldy, like he had mold. He told me" I shower twice a day, and wash my hair one of those times each day". Well, the smell isn't his hair, trust me. And sometimes he has even told me he forgets to brush his teeth for a couple of days! He is 21, he should not be acting like a 5 year old! And plus, he is over weight, and that being said, sweats more and seems to stink more. I ask him politely to put on more deodarant or shower again, and he says " I already put it on once today, and that's it im going to put it on". I don't know what to do with him. I love him, but it's never been as bad as this. I don't want to have a boyfriend that I have to go over and clean and wash his clothes, his bedsheets, remind him to wash right, or brush his teeth! I have tried sitting down talking to him, but he seems to just not care!! Should I just take this as a bad sign and just leave him??
  • How can I convince my fiance to do a test drive?

    Other - Family & Relationships - 6 hours ago

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    I'm a Christian and I believe in sex and cohabitation before marriage. My fiance wants to wait till marriage to have sex, but I want to test drive before we get married. He must understand that times have changed and most women would never marry a virgin. If he won't change, I'll find another man who has a higher sex drive.
  • Guys! is it really that big of a deal if a girls boobs are not big?

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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    i am in shape and fit, i have a nice butt, but my chest is only about a B cup size. a small B. is really that big of a deal?!?! best answer will be chosen ***
  • Why does my wife act like she loves me more when I'm a jerk?

    Marriage & Divorce - 6 hours ago

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    I used to be caring, loving and romantic, and my wife treated me like crap. Now I'm cold, arrogant and distant and she tries to be all lovey dovey to me. She even mentioned missing the old me and I told her, "But its clear to me that you prefer the way I am now, because if you really liked how I was you would of been nicer to me back then." So what's up with this? I was a nice guy and she cheated on me and now I'm a jerk and she loves me more, but wants me to be a nice guy again? Can someone explain this to me?
  • My ex husband was deported I told him we're through ....?

    Marriage & Divorce - 6 hours ago

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    but not bc he was deported, for other reasons instead. Abuse and what not. He kept saying hes going to come to canada to be with me. Now that I am chatting on good terms with him he is saying whats the point of coming to canada, minds well stay in italy. So he clearly doesnt love me , right?
  • Just being friendly or more??

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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    A guy in my college course would stare at me a lot. I started talking to him little bit by bit (im pretty shy tho, so can't do anything too obivous). He responded nicely, then all of a sudden he seemed to ignore me one day. Next day he keeps looking at me again, esp. when I laugh, which I do a lot in class haha. Anyway, how do I get to know him better. He's a Christian Conservative and so am I, which is hard to find on my campus.
  • Why would I be shallow because I refuse to support my boyfriend?

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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    He works a lot, I drive him around, gave me $ in the first months, now he just doesn't come up with it, excuses, lies. He says he loves me but when I said no $, then best to leave, he did very mad.

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