Is it easier to help a friend or a relative?

I am the type of person that people go to for help. I remember when I was in college, friends would often ask me for advice. I am also the generous type, so I always lend help, may it be financial or emotional to people who are close to me. Even with my family I am very open to helping them. My helping hand does not chose whether a relative is in need or a friend. But when it comes to asking for help, I'd rather solicit help from my friends than my relatives. I don't why but I find it hard to ask for them, not that they would not help, but I just can't ask for them. Maybe because my friends have known me since and we have been through a lot and have seen each other in the most gruesome moment of our lives.

My family is very close so I would have to say my family. Just recently my older sister had a rental unit that the tenants destroyed...literally. All of my family took turns going in and painting etc....so definately it's my family.

I find it very difficult to ask for help, whether it's a friend or a relative. I have no problem helping others, though, and gladly do so. People know that when I ask for help things have gone so badly that there's no other option for me.

Dipends on the situation at hand. With relatives sometimes family ties get in the way one way or another. Friends can turn on you when you least expect it. Either can be a problem. Thought here is important.

they are just the same. they both need help and if i can help them ill both help them. the only difference is that one is a friend and the other is my relative.