@jasean79 said:
I'm surprised you're even asking for advice on this.
Rule of thumb is to NEVER lend out money to anyone outside of family (even if you have the $100). It's not like he's asking to borrow a couple of bucks for lunch or something. If he needs the money that bad, he can visit his bank and try to get one. That way, if he can't pay it back, they'll make sure he knows about it.
Haha.you bet.
@johnd13 said:
That doesn't sound like a good idea. Tell him you only have 50 bucks spare and even most of that will have to go towards (insert random thing that would sound believable for you). And then be worried like "Sorry I can't help you. Is this serious, is something wrong?" and take a worried face. :P
Lmao.I'll do this.Long live Sparta !
@bforrester420 said:
It depends. $100 isn't exactly a princely sum. If your relationship is worth more to you than $100 and you can afford to lose $100, why not? Just don't expect to get that money back. If you go into it with the expectation that you won't be repaid, and you're okay with that, go ahead. Otherwise, politely decline.
Politely decline.not that he ain't worth that much ,I just can't risk to lose that amount.not even 50 let alone 100.Errr...off the record, is that really you yourself in the photo ? I mean...all the mustache..?!
@deeliman said:
You shouldn't lend money to people you don't know very well. My brother once lended 120 euro to someone from his college class who he didn't know well yet, and that dude pretended that he never borrowed any money from him. My brother did get it back eventually because he got him to confess, but there was a very good chance that he'd never see a penny back.
I won't repeat that mistake I guess.
@lamprey263 said:
You'll likely never see him or that $50 again. I think I read something on a bathroom urinal wall of wisdom once a saying like "if you lend a friend $20 and you never see him again then you're probably luckier than you realize", or something like that, basically saying that bad friends can cost you a lot more.
Man that should be in written in the books that are taught at the schools and the universities, not urinal wall !
@ShepardCommandr said:
I wouldn't loan 100 bucks to my own mother.
Yeah he's a cold ruthless son of a witch ain't he ?! lol
@mjorh Yeah I need it I guess.I'll have to twist him ! (Non-Iranians ;I have to twist him is a Persian idiom, meaning I'll have to...hard to explain...kinda means I have to ditch him ,I'm sure you get the idea =P )
@Shottayouth13-@Wilfred_Owen@4myAmuzumament I'll reject him.
@alim298 I don't know , I didn't even bother to ask what he needed the money for.All I can say is that , he's not in the high-class , he wears not-very-expensive clothes and he lives in the hall of residence, he 's from a different city and doesn't have his own house here.Doesn't rent either.
@bowchicka07 Well, I guess the judgement has been passed over that poor fella.Honestly I'm surprised by the way you all, monotonically , say that I shouldn't do it.Genuinely, if I could risk it , I'd definitely give him a chance.He's not a bad guy like I said.Anyway ,I'll reject him , but I'll do my best to do it very gently , the way our Spartan pal (johnd13) proposed.
Oh and , your bottom line sticks with me ;)
Alright homies , thank you all very much !
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