Should You Lend Money To A Friend Or Not????

If you value the friendship and the reason your friend is asking for it...and you can afford it...just give your friend the money. Unpaid loans have ruined so many friendships because a couple of things always happen. The person who owes the money doesn't have it for one reason or another so he avoids you or he gets an attitude if you even hint at asking when you're going to be repaid. For those reasons, I never loan money. If a friend or family member needs help my husband and I will just give them the cash they need if we can afford to.

I did loan money to a friend and it pretty much ruined the friendship. She avoids paying me back on a regular basis and sometimes avoids my emails. I've been friends with her for ovedr 20 years so I thought it was a safe thing to do when she was in need. I was wrong, really wrong. I've been told lies about how and when I will be repaid. Every now and then she will send me a small check but at that rate it will take 10 years to pay it off. I will never do it again, never. I am so sorry that my decision to be a good friend backfired right in my face. Talk about a disappointment! Family is a different matter. If one of our kids was in need, I would definitely help.

Hi! Been there done that, and never will again. A year ago i lend 2000,00 euro from my credit card to give to a family across the street. I told them, every month I will need at least 100 back or else I will get into trouble. Guess what? I am in trouble!!! Never again, either I have enough to give and don't expect it back or I will buy them food. I will never again put myself in that position, this position. Take care, Margajoe

If it is just like $20.00 or something it is no big deal I will lend it. However, if it is a significant amout of money I would consider the person I am lending it to. I have also been in the position where I did not have the money to lend, and I just said so. If someone is in desperate need and I know they will never be able to pay me back, I might just give them some money. That way there is no hard feelings when they don't give it back. Many people who are desperate enough to ask someone else for money are not often ever able to pay it back, with these kinds of people you just have to be willing to give it. I also will not lend to people more than once, if they have to keep asking to borrow, they are not being responsible with their money and I refuse to keep giving good money to a losing cause.

I had this friend for years,i lend her 10,000 pesos without thinking if she will return it or not.I've never thought she would stay away from me after she got the money.She never told me tha she will leave the country,all i know is she will return it back after a few weeks.I had this friend to,she used to own a canteen somewhere in cubao.She borrowed me 4,000.She said she will be paying her electric bills and will be paying me back after she gets her money form a friend too.But as always i am not the type of person that asks someone who lend me to payback,whenever they promised the day will pay me i'll just wait.Now a friend is asking me for money.I could'nt say no but i've been pissed off many times.i refused to and she got angry,i think i dont have a problem with that.I'm working hard to earn my money and 2 friends whom i trusted that failed me is enough.I have nothing to with it anymore.

no it always makes things akward no matter if they pay you back or not

well i agree with lizzie. it depends purely on situation. if you know that he/she can pay me back then there's no harm in helping some needy. and if you know that he/she will not pay me back then there's no need of taking risk. and you can say that my all money is already used and even food is not there in house. may be he/she lends you money back....lol. it happened in our country

I never borrow from a friend, I never lend to them. It keep things uncomplicated.