Would you help your friends if they needed some money?

money - helping with money
@smilyn (2967)
United States
November 21, 2008 8:52am CST
I try to help my friends in many ways. Even if it was any monetary help, I would help them as much as I can..How about you? Would you help your friends if they needed some money?
14 responses
@brisk123 (2823)
• India
22 Nov 08
Hi friend,as for me it depends on who are my friends?who am I trying to help?In past,I was cheated by my own friends.They would borrow money and would never return back instead they avoided me.It hurts.I still do help friends but I try not to get fooled by them.
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@smilyn (2967)
• United States
22 Nov 08
some people act this way and they can no more be called as friends. We help them when they are in need. They should realise this and be ready to take care that they give back the money promptly..
• India
22 Nov 08
my friend help his girl friend to go to foreign country for her job during that i given him thousand rupee when he asked me and he returned it with in a two week. If i have money i will definitely help my friends.
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@smilyn (2967)
• United States
22 Nov 08
Good that you are affordable..You can help your friends as long as it does not affect you..
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
22 Nov 08
I have helped my friends in many ways, including money. I have very few people I count as my friends but many people I count as acquaintances. My friends I will give anything to, my acquaintances I will do the best I can to help but won't give money to because they haven't earned a place in my inner heart, I don't love them but merely like and admire them.
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@smilyn (2967)
• United States
22 Nov 08
That is true..Only few people can be placed in our inner heart..and they should really deserve it.
@Jody20 (887)
• Netherlands
21 Nov 08
I helped my friend with her administration and even loaned her money. She has only 120 euros($150) a month to spent on food, clothes and other things she need. I invited her and her children on vacation with me last summer, so that she could relax and have some time off from her worries.
@smilyn (2967)
• United States
22 Nov 08
wow.that is amazing.It is really something very nice to give moral support to friend when they are in need of it..you have done a good job.
@rainmark (4302)
21 Nov 08
Im very much helpful person but speaking of money if i don't have an extra money i can't help her but if i have excess money im always willing to lend her.What's friends for.
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@smilyn (2967)
• United States
22 Nov 08
I agree in giving the money that you have in excess..Nothing is wrong unless it affects your own self.
@iamcdy (1119)
• Philippines
21 Nov 08
If I can afford it, I will surely help a friend who is in need financially. But if the amount is too big, I may still give but not the whole amount. I do lend money to friends but only those who knows how to pay. There are people who knows how to borrow but do not know how to return. I also lend money to friends who I really know and are close to me.
@smilyn (2967)
• United States
22 Nov 08
It is a tough job to collect the money back from people who do not have a thought to give it back..I really don't like it..So I also do not give money to those people who does not care about returning the money back.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
22 Nov 08
Money and friendship I feel don't mix, and I wouldn't be happy lending friends money, quickest way to cause friction and doubts when money becomes involved. I would help them any way but not with money, probably because I don't have much money myself and I certainly wouldn't ask my friends for help with money and I think I would be offended if someone offered me money, I would rather struggle than be forced to ask for a hand out or accept money. No that's not me, I wouldn't feel comfortable, either way. Giving or receiving money.
@robinemz (211)
• Philippines
21 Nov 08
yes i will but only to those friends i really know
@aseretdd (13730)
• Philippines
24 Nov 08
I would... if i have the money... there are times when friends came to me in need of my help... and i would gladly help if i have the ways and means... but if i don't... i am sure they would understand because they know me as a person who is always there for them whenever i can...
@kunking (1118)
• China
25 Nov 08
it depends on how much they need and whether i could help them...if they need some small amounts of money ocassionally i will give a hand, or they need money for urgent incident such as rescue sombody ,i would like to help them as much as i can....but if they just ask me for money and don't wanna get a job, i definetely won't...
@gemini_rose (16264)
25 Nov 08
I would help a friend with money yes but only if it was money that I could afford to be without. I would not lend them money that I needed back straight away because then if they could not give it back at that time it would not cause problems.
@Anne18 (11029)
25 Nov 08
No I wouldn't because i haven't any money to spare. I would give my help in other ways such as listening, making food parcels up etc, cleaning house while they found a second job. There are many ways in which to help without giving money
@savypat (20216)
• United States
21 Nov 08
I don't even need to guess about this answer, I don't have any money. But when I did i gave to friends, but always as a gift, I never loaned. The trouble was these same people came back for more so I ended up having to say no.
@smilyn (2967)
• United States
22 Nov 08
It always happens with money. It is better to learn to say a "no" rather than funding everyone and then finding it very difficult to collect them back.
@chiaeugene (2225)
• China
25 Nov 08
yes i will help as my friends had helped me before when i was in trouble previously. this is what friends are for and to help a friend in need is the right thing to do. of course the amount would vary between friends and if it is within my means, i would help for sure.