is it enough ?

My personal opinion is that one should never loan money to a friend or family member if one can't afford to give it to them. It's nice if they repay as they promised, but if not then I am not going to let money get in the way of our relationship. Can you put a price on friendship? We can earn more money but good friends can be hard to find.

In first place , avoid borrowing or lending money , as much as possible..But , A friend in need is a friend in deed... So , when ever you lend money to your best friend , forget it ,never think of getting back..This way , your relations won't break... I do this , And if the money is returned , that is bonus..

for me it depends on how much she owes you and the reason why she can't pay on time. Borrowing money and paying a friend back as soon as possible shows how much a person respects you, also when he or she informs you in advance why he or she can't pay on time. Friendship should have respect, because if it doesn't then why are you friends in the first place if you can't show respect. I have a friend, who I love so dearly, he owes me money, not much, but he informs me that he still owes me money, he's going to pay me when he can. And I don;t hold a grudge on him whenever he tells me he can't pay me now, because he still maintains constant communication. But if it was someone else, who would hide from me and not respond to any of my messages, it makes me feel disrespected, and that affects my trust and our relationship. If a friend borrows money and can't pay, just as long as their honest and they treat me as their friend, money is no object, plus, its just paper that's over rated.

I believe that there would be a reason she is not paying you back . she may of thought she could but something could of happned and now she does not have the money . a good talk would be needed and i am sure the friends would feel so bad about it and give the money if she could . even if there could be some kind of payment plan .

when i was young, i have this particular friend who likes to borrow money from me, all the time. She nvr return back a single cent to me, but i still treat her as my friend. money should nvr come in between a friendship, unless you're talking about doing business together and you kept all the profit. But in your question, you were asking about the money that you've loaned to friend, so i think i will nvr let it break our friendship.

Money creates a lot of problem. I never wanted to lend money to my friend or family. If they fail to pay you and when you see them spending for something else, we will get angry on them. This way it starts. If I have lot of money and my friend is in need of money then I will give money to my friend and will not expect it back. Lending huge amounts to friends and family is not wise. Take Care.

Money is not a reason for me to lose a friend because to lend a little amount is just a part of daily part or routine in our part and communication is also a part of it and to my best of frend we used to do the same way but we never ask to it......

well, i think it depends on how much money my friend borrowed from me. If the amount of money was small, i would forgive it....but, i would remember and rather keep my step away that thing would not often happened. And if the amount of money was large, sure i would remind her that she still owe me and ask her when she would return it.

I think it will be similar from my part a swell. if the friend is really unable to pay back, there is no question of breaking the friendship. but in some cases its intentional and the case is only taking advantages.

I have seen many friendships break because of lending money. Same happened with me as I lend some money to friends and they never returned. I did not bother them and they still think that they have fooled me. Money is really a root cause in such break ups of friendships.

I agree with on that. No amount of money can replace good and true friends. Rarely does friends run to friends for money even if they are really into very bad times. Only when they have no one to turn on to, then and only then would they ask friends to loan them money. I think it is out of respect for the friendship they have.But if ever, a friend had owed you money and has not been able to repay you when he does. Then, i think you should check on him/her maybe he/she really is having a bad and difficult time. True friends are hard to find, money can be earned.

I agree with you. Money should never be the issue between friends. Good friends stay with each other no matter what. So, money should not be the issue or cause of their breakup. When a friend is in need whether financial, or moral support good friends are there to help. If one friend owes his friend money and is not able to repay it, then i think the friend who loaned the money should try to find out the reason why. Maybe he is really into difficult times. Money can be earned but friends, especially good and true friends are hard to find.

I should frankly point out that money will ruin friendship easily. I believe there should be a balance between your friend with you. And both of you should be considerate. When I never rent a room with my best friend. If the expenses can't be clear between my friend and I, the relationship will be in danger.

I have some few friends where we don't talk about money (actually only two and they are married to each other) these guys are a friend of mine and friend of my husband too. back in college my husband used to borrow money from them and there is no asking when it would be returns, the same happens when the borrow some from us. our relationship transcend the money sign.

I think a lesson learned (do not give or loan that which you are not willing to part with forever) is the friend worth the $$ or not? It is good to try and live by the adage, give without remembering - receive without forgetting. perhaps, if it is very important to you - you can talk with her about a repayment plan rather than all at once. ask her what amount is doable for her.... say $10 a week for however many weeks?

Losing a friend over money happen sometimes. I got friend too who owe me a money, and now hes not my friend. I never bug him or ask him to pay me back. Well maybe he avoided me because he is too shy to tell me that he cannot able to pay me.

I heard many stories of this that friendships are broken because of money. I agree that if you're real friends you would try to understand as much but if that friend really has no intention of paying then that's the only time I think that you should reconsider a bit. Also if that person is areal friend he or she will try to pay it even little by little until the amount is fully paid.

I treat lending money to a friend like gambling. My rule in gambling is never to bet an amount of money I can't afford to lose. That way if I lose, I won't cry over it. Same way with friends, if they won't or can't pay me, I won't mind. However, they can only borrow once. If they still owe me, I won't lend them money.

I think that if a true friend, although the money should be very clear,but if you compare the words and friendship,we should first consider is the maintenance of friendship. Of course, if the trust between friends no longer the case, it is not a question of money, you say

I have to say that I think a good friendship is worth far more than money. But, I also think you should not lend if it places you under undo stress. If you can loan the money without it putting you in a pinch down the road or if they don't pay you back on time, then I would either lend them only what you can afford to consider a gift since you can't be sure whether or not you will get the money back, or don't loan them money in the first place. I'm lucky to really only have friends who wouldn't ask unless they knew I could afford it and I think all of them would pay me back if I did loan it to them. But, this is a rare occasion anyway as I'm a giving person and if a friend was in need I would offer to help and it would be a gift anyway.