Asking financial help from friend?

i think there is nothing wrong to ask your friend for a financial help if the friendship is real he will definitely help. there is nothing awkward to ask the friend for help.

I have asked for financial help, but this was a long time ago. I was refused at the time, but managed quite well on my own. I have never asked since and tend to think carefully before I spend money so that I don't get into debt. Some debt in life is unavoidable, but I am never really happy until I repay any debt and as it causes stress, I tend to wait now until I can afford to buy something for cash. If I can't buy it, then I accept my position and let go of it. _Derek

I think I have way too much pride to ask for help in this way, I try to cope the best way I can, I had a friend who said if I ever needed a loan to come to him I never did and never would..too much pride .

I can remember times when i asked a friend for financial help. It left me with an uneasy feeling to even ask and it just changes the friendship no matter what happens financially.

No I never ask the financial help from my friend and never gives the financial help to any friend because due to money some arguments starts. I dont want this. Mostly quarrel are due to money.

I have had to ask for financial assistance from a friend and i did get her help she was very understanding with me and it was a little awkward to ask at first then when i got her reaction she loaned me the money. i payed it directly back in the next couple weeks and we are still good friends. I say if you need to ask for financial help from a friend pick a friend you trust and ask them. the worst they can say is no.

I am trying to buy a house and I needed money for inspections etc but I have no savings. My partners best friend has an inheritance coming and she said that the would gift me with enough money to get me started and we came to the understanding that it will be four of us (me, my partner, her best friend and her husband) living in the house and paying for it (that will be easier to live and put some money away in a savings account. The chashiers checks came in but they were not real (the banker thought that they were real too). So now we are waiting for her lawyer to send some money up from the real inheritance to help out. It is just a temporary setback and we will be in the ouse ( hopefully in a few weeks).

Through all my life i have never asked anybody for financial help but the situation now is quite bad and i have been forced to do so and am getting help from a couple of my friends as they know my physical and financial condition.It does pain me but i see that i pay them back as quickly as possible. I am trying hard to become financially independant but my situation is so grim now that it may take a long time to achieve it.Till then i will have to depend on their help.

This is one reason why we have friends and in times like these, we will come to know who are our real and true friends. Usually, friendship tested in times of troubles.

Yes, i did. In the past, i used to be a spendthrift, spending every cent that i have and when i ended up in debt, i turn to my friends for financial help. During that crunch period of over 3 years, i lost a lot of friends but i also made some true friends too. It's really awkward to ask for loans because money is always a sensitive issue, no matter we are family or relatives to even husband and wife. Right now, i'm still paying off all my debts to friends and i'm glad there's no more accumulation.

Well, if I have to honestly answer your question, I must tell you: YES. I asked for help (loan finance) to a good friend of mine. We have also fixed, how I had to give back every month, and so until now everything went well. Having said that I hope in future to have no need of loans.

I have both types of friends. Some of them are very free in financial matters. Sometimes they ask me financial helps from me and sometimes I ask from them. If finance is available we help each other. But there are some friends who are very selfish in money matters. I always avoid money matters with them.

i ever do that even i hard to do. i get financial problem and i have no much time to solve and to think about it. the shortes way to solve, just ask my freind. but i pay back on time,. actully i avoid it, but sometimes i have no money and my friend understand my condition. we are social being

The lack of resources is one the major dilemma, people get so stressed for not being productive. In fact, it was a man-made piece of paper bill or a metal of coins. We need to embrace the reality that this is one of the necessity for a person to live. Asking help from a friend is really awkward, but if there is no choice then we need to ask an assistance from them.

I have never asked for financial help from a friend before. I do not think that I ever would. I would feel too awkward to ask. I think I would have to find another way to make the extra money then to have to owe it back to someone and feel guilty about asking for money. I know some people that wouldn't think twice to ask someone for money though.

I have been offered help and I have offered help to friends, but I have never asked for it. I think that each case is different. I would probably ask help if I was in great need, but not for luxuries.

For several times, I asked for a loan assistance from a friend but I see to it that I could pay him on time or if it lapse then I add few additional profit on his part.Sad to say, I had this very good friend of mine, whom I met here in Mylot but now he's gone to other website I guess.I cannot repay the kindness extended by some friends but time keep moving on.

There were times when I needed money but I never would have asked a friend for help. Not because I didn't think they would help me, but I would never take the chance that owing them money might ruin our friendship in the long run. Now if you have no other choice that's one thing, but if you do have someone else to turn to then that's what I would do.

For me, I think it is an awkward thing asking financial help from our friends. But it's alright if the case is your looking for something that will help you earn money. That's a sort of asking financial help too. I haven't tried asking financial help from friends because it seems like their the one who ask for financial help. It's not that their asking really big amount of money but they just want to borrow for some emergency use. I think asking for financial help from our friend is fine as long as he's been your friend for more than 5 years and considered you to be a real friend.