Do you have friends who can lend you money?

Hi oldsix, I know what you mean. I try to avoid borrowing money most of the time. I have often wanted to get something and had to wait for money to come in. I was often fortunate enough to be a student getting student loans so I had some money, but at other times I would be working two jobs and still not have any extra money to get things that I wanted. I have a common problem in America. People here need instant gratification. I want what I want when I want it. I can usually overcome this problem, but there are times when I can't. Thanks for sharing!

no, i normally ask my mother if she could lend me some money If I needed it. I hate to even ask her anyways if i did need it.

Oldsix691418, I have to say that your friend's wife is way overboard here to actually turn up the next afternoon to collect a 30 yuan(RMB) debt. I am sorry but I do not ever even want my wife to do that. Anyway, that besides the point and even if I am to understand the conservative close mindedness of your country I still believe that paying a debt is justifiable. In all my experience I have friends all over the world that I can depend on at odd situations who would not mind lending a hand or rather money. Because, you can never know when such situation can happen to either of us. Like in China, I have had my fair share of encounters with pickpockets, petty thefts and on one occasion robbed, leaving me without personal identifications and bank cards. The hotel had no problem as my bank assured them that my credit card could be replaced and reinstated and my colleague lent me a 1000 yuan(RMB) to get by, which was returned before I left to return home. I believe in borrowing and lending at difficult situations - I do not profess that I am rich enough to do philanthropy but I will be vain if I cannot help a brother/sister in times of need.

Hi old six, I am still a student and dont earn yet and live away from home so sometimes i might be in dire need of money and have no money so all i have to do is call a friend who would lend me money. Though i have never took hugh loans but yes he has never asked me when i would repay or anything nor he has told anyone i took loans from him. So i think we are ok in that dept. What happened with you certainly did leave bad taste in mouth.

I try not to borrow money. But in the past I've borrowed from friends and relatives to help me with neccessities like rent and storage for my personal items. I have a lot of valuable things in storage and I fight to keep them so that I can hand them down or sell them. But when I can, I also lend money to friends and relatives. Sometimes, when I can afford it, I will help friends and relatives if they need money for rent or other things. I do this because I remember my bad experiences. I also do it because my grandmother (who raised me as a child) also used to give and lend money to people.

I am a faceloving person. I can't borrow money from anybody.But my parents always think I am poor,I need money. They gave me money,and if I refuse,they will be angry.I hate this.But I can't change them.They are Chinese parents,who are always overprotected. The only way is I can be richer than them one day. God bless me.

I Have good friend around me and i never trap in a situation that i need to lend money until now but my friends often lend money from me and i never refuse to them. They also git it back to me in due course of time. I think we should try not to lend money from anyone, time can be passed by hook or crook but if you lend money there could be some problems in your relations (as you have mentioned.

Yes, I do have friends who lend me money and at times I am also lending money to friends and other individuals needing money. Not that big but for some emergency purposes. If they dont pay its okay with me maybe they still dont have the money. That friend of yours is not a friend in this kind of world. But if you have some and some asked for it lend it. If they dont pay next time they borrow dont give.

Sometimes couples watch over each other's expenses like that but I don't think that she was right to ask you for the money if she wasn't the one who lent it. For me, I have a few best friends whom I know I can trust to let me borrow money. Last quarter, I was struggling to make tuition payments and my friend lend me 100 dollars so that I could buy my textbooks. I was really grateful and I paid her back every cent. Trust is very important in friendship and I wouldn't lose a friend over money.

I do not like borrowing money either but I have never had friends I could borrow from. I borrowed from a bank, twice, once to buy a car and once to get my house roof fixed. I go without a lot of things but for most people they have to take out a loan to buy a house or car as it can take years to save up for them. I live in rural Australia and it is almost impossible to go anywhere without a car. Some small towns have very limited bus services but most have nothing. In the case of my roof, if I had not borrowed to fix it then the house would have flooded in the recent rains. I know it will take me a few years to pay off but it was worth it.

I try not to borrow money from my friends. I try not to borrow money at all, from anybody, come to think of it. I just don't like the idea of owing anybody anything, especially money. When I can't afford something I don't buy it, that's all.

Sadly in this day and age you'll find even your friends being a bit squeezy when it comes to lending you money. Believe it or not, but it's true. So I refrain from borrowing money as much as possible, because not only I hate it when I have it in my mind all the time that I owe them something, specially when I promise them when I'll return it to them and then all the time I kind of feel like they're always thinking about it too whenever I see each other and I really feel uncomfortable when that happens. And of course there are also people who, like in your case, will then keep asking you when will they get their money back and I really hate that, cause then if I think again, why did you borrow it in the first place if you're so worried about it? not to be mean or anything, but that's how it is. so if I really get short I'll most of the time as some good neighbour rather than a friend. I know it may feel totally strange, but with neighbours I kind of don't get that vibe as I'd with friends, this being 'when will I get my money back?'

Yes I do have friends and relatives that lends me money. But I only choose whom to lend. And if ever I do, it is only for purchases that's needs a great capital outlay, like raising funds for a down payment of a house. We usually agree on the time-frame when I pay them back. But if it's only for buying things for our personal consumption, no I don't borrow money.

Surely i am having friends which they had lend me money.I had lend 50,000 INR with my best friend once for buying bike and after 3 months i had given back.Even now also he will lend money to me...

I will only lend money from family and then its only if i am very in nedd of it i dont like to lend and rarely do so.

Yes I do have friends who lend me money. But I'm luckier than you because none of my friends ever did that to me. I only borrow money from my close friends and make sure I pay them on time.

Yes, i have some good friends who are always ready to lend me money when i'm in need of it. However i don't want to be overly dependent on them as it's not good for the friendship. Friends who are willing to lend me, always know about my financial dires and they will never rush me to pay them back. While i don't feel good about doing that, i will make it a point to pay them back soon, with a little interest too. HOwever, that's only when i'm really desperate.

I am lucky enough to have a good group of close friends. If ever i need to borrow money then they will be happy enough to lend it to me. It is very rare that i would have to borrow money, the only real time this would happen would be if i accidently left my wallet at home. I like to pay my own way and hate to be in debt and owe people. But in another way my friends ccan help me out with the jobs they do, by the experience they have in the work they do if i need that experience then they will help me out by giving me discounted rates and so it saves me money.

Well I've never ever borrowed money from my friends.I just don't like it.But few of my friends occasionally borrow money from me but they return it back on second day.

I definitely have friends i can borrow money from. The problem there is that once we borrow money from someone, that person's respect automatically lessens. This is why i never borrow money from anyone.