Have you even lended money to your friends

@bentoyhk (202)
Hong Kong
November 15, 2009 1:42am CST
Few months ago, my frien ask me to lend her some money. After her begging, I lended it to her. Unlukily, I need money myself. I ask her to return some to me but he make many excuses. Do I have to leave it or any suggestion?
5 responses
@Godmother (476)
• Indonesia
20 Nov 09
I think you can judge a real friend or not when it comes to money. I lost 2 of my best friends because of this money-borrowing thing. I lend my first friend, my son's tuition money which she promised to give back after 2 weeks. But never did, even though U begged her to. I lend my second friend some money for doing a business together, which she promised to share the profit later on, and never did (even though I knew she got big profit). So, I broke off and never wanted to see them again.
@iamsolucky (1241)
• Philippines
15 Nov 09
Hi there and smile! Lending money is really something that we have to think a lot before going to a decision. Its good to say "yes i lend you money" when you have your sources of fund and you are sure that you wont be needing alot. Its a way of helping friends in need. However, its not bad to say " no, i cant", because of your financial status. You know you will be needing amount of money to live in a week or so and its just limited source of fund, i bet your friend would understand that. We are not working so hard just to have money to lend to friends anyway. we are working and the money is a reward for our good work. Happy mylotting and smile always!
@sagnik42 (3592)
• India
15 Nov 09
As a matter of fact I lent money to a friend just a couple of hours ago. I have lent money from him last week and after a couple of days I returned him the amount. Now he is in need and so I lent him some. My friends are loyal. So I never had any such problem like yours. I sincerely hope that she returns your money. But since it has been a few months, I think she is playing with you and do not want to return your money. If she is a good friend of yours then I would suggest you to wait a little more and then do something about it. Since you need money, try getting some from another friend or something.
@SouravRC (247)
• India
15 Nov 09
I lent money a lot of friends on different occasions. Some of them were very good when returning back the money. They returned my money at the proper time and that makes me happy. I don't believe lending money to friends is a bad thing. We should help our friends at the time of trouble. But problem begins when people don't want to pay you back. And make many excuses. People should understand by doing this they are only hampering the relationship and next time if they ask for money no one will help them. Anyways, you should lend money to those only whom you trust very well.
• China
15 Nov 09
hi,bentoyhk! I know how you're feeling.I had the same experience with you.I lended one of my friend money and never got it back,even when I needed money urgently.except for this,I got some bad comments from her instead.I lost a friend as well as my money. Since then,I've classified my friends into two different groups.one is to whom I can lend money,the other is to whom I cannot.of course,the former contains a few while the latter contains most.I can get along with them but it doesn't mean I am willing to worry about money problems related to them.in fact,friends who are credible in money prolems never borrow money randomly from you,they always deal with their financial situation very well. I hope you will not be troubled by such problems any more! and have a nice day!