huh? Money again?

To be honest,I can't say.Like you I have been a soft man too.May be I would help him or may be I won't,because I have nothing except $10,a sum equal to 550 rupees,and I have to sustain a family consisting of seven members.These are the days of sky rocketting prices.Rs.550 is not enough for seven persons.So I would perhaps prefer not to lend him the money for I cannot see my sisters,my wife and my kids starving.

my credit card bill is thousands but I can not pay them, some of my friend owe to me hundreds $ and actually I am a soft person too, when my friend said I can not pay you this month then I can do nothing too, fortunately I still have my family feeding me, thanks to them and God I am still very fat now (hahahaa..)

How about learning how to say "no"? Letting someone borrow from you money and never pay it back with interest is something that I consider as an unnecessary expense. Learn to say no when you see that you don't have the needed resource is not something considered as bad or greedy. In fact, I call it wise or practical and understandable. I cannot say for certain though what I will do if ever I am on your shoes...considering that my neighbors won't even dare to say "Hi" to me. (Oh, they just stare at me as if I had grown another head.) But if I consider one of my classmate doing that to me, I am sure I'll say, "I'm sorry, what I have here is just enough to last me for a day." Hope this helps you a bit! Happy MyLotting!

just tell him that your money is not enough for you.. i think he must understand your position too

I just remembered the song, that's what you get when you let your heart win.. haha..Anyway, you should have weigh things first. Think of the most important for the moment. Would you like to be worried for 1-2 or more days about the debt of your friend and got nothing to be eaten OR not lend the money and your stomach will be served well. Think about this, you've cared much for that neighbor of yours, but you have not think what will be the effect of this to you?? Learn a lesson. Be responsible to your decisions and most especially to yourself. :)

if I were you i will tell him the truth...that you need the money for entire week for your food allowance... So, if you decided to let him borrow a money from you he should pay it on date you have agreed. Otherwise, you will have nothing to eat. Honesty is still best answer for every situation...

Hello there, I don't think you have any confusion. Make it simple, if you have money then lend it to someone who needs. If you don't have enough yourself, then you have to look after yourself first. Just explain to your neighbour kindly that you are tight of money as well. If you lent your neighbour the money, how would you survive then?

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. I would be honest with the neighfor and tell him that you had no extra money after paying your bills. No need to elaborate further. Don't let him use you for a bank.

He's taking advantage of your kindness. You have to say something. My wife is just like this. You have to let him know that he needs to pay you on time. If he doesn't then don't let him borrow again. It's good to be nice, but not too nice. People will use you.

If I was in your shoes you should probably say no, I've had a lot of people that have borrowed money from me that I thought were my friends but they only ended up wasting my time over and over again and causing me to lose more money in the end than the money that I had actually loaned them. Once you loan someone money than you have to use your other money to make up for it and if you don't get paid back it's like you are losing twice.

Well, nowadays money is a very important factor for each and everything. Now that you are short of money because of that person who borrowed money from you, you should actually try asking him to return the money soon. It definitely won't look good asking him money once you have given him but it is your money and now when you are in need of it, so you have to think and act in a diplomatic way, for sure! You can try waiting for one or two days and see that if he returns you money soon this time. If he doesn't, you should go ahead and ask him about it. If I would have been in your situation, I would have surely asked him to return the money. I would have explained him that I am in need of money and can't go around borrowing money from people. So, obviously I will tell him to return the money soon but I'll also make sure that I sound polite and do not hurt his intentions because asking somebody to return our money doesn't sound well-mannered! :)

since you are yourself on a very tight budget, you must refuse your neighbor. I would have humbly said no and would have explained my situation. There is no shame or arrogance in saying no as according the fact that you will suffer a lot in case he is unable to return in 2 days..

If I were in your stand, I would just lie as I have no money right at that time and waiting for salary to get. It is better to say that lie than to confuse what to do for food in future. And I used to save even few pennies in every month, so it will be helpful to me at hard situation like this. Hope you will manage these five days.

hello, my friend.this is a very normal issue in the life.and you will find that there are a lot of things you hope to get it from supermakret, busines center, and so on,among which a number of them are totally beyond your control.As for me,you should have a list of your daily spending.so when you go to buy them, you could firstly check and buy them whom could support your living.And then you will find some strangers normally, who to be against the appeal from sales member's mouth or discount price?you could write them detailedly on the paper. When going home, you should seize time to carefully consider whether you must buy them, are they fashionable or needy?also some daily bills like electricity, water, gas,etc, you could list them on your booknote.And the above will be helpful to your money-saving plan. hoping to get favorable news from you. Thanks

Money money money.. Whenever i hear money, i would be reminded of a song by price tag.. haha IN life, everything needs money and even myself, i've always short of it when it's nearing my next pay day What i hate most is people coming to me for loan during that crucial period of time. I'm a soft person as well and if they have helped me before, i would be more than glad to lend it to them, even if it means i have nothing left. BUt if someone who doesn't pays me on time, they can forget about borrowing if i have barely nothing left

I would tell him that there is no way you can let him borrow money this time. Honestly it sounds to me as if you know you need to not let him borrow money ever again, atleast not until he pays you back what he owes you. You're having to stretch your money as is, so like I said just don't do it.

i would definately say no. i only have money for my food and not good food at that its very hard to live on 10 bucks for the week. i would ask him does he expect me to starve instead of him? tell him borrow from someone that has money and food!

It sometimes seems that everything in life is about money, and that can be very annoying particularly if we don't actually have any money to spare at the time. I have learned the hard way that you should never lend money to people, because it can cause a lot of trouble if they don't pay you back. I don't have enough money any more to be able to lend things to people without expecting for it to be paid back, so I have a policy now that I won't give anything to anybody. It is a shame that it has come to this, but at the end of the day you have to protect yourself before you think about anybody else.

Hi ryanong, i guess in that care you need to be honest with him that you badly need it after two days, but if you are still unsure then this time do not let him borrow it...

It is really critical situation that difficult to control. I think you should ask your money back nicely even you are very humble or soft. It is will continue if you don't take any action to overcome this problem.