Sorry but I need to vent (and tell the whole world how much of an idiot I am)
Last fall, I lent a certain amount of money to a friend; he promised me he would reimburse me ASAP because you know, money can come between friends and all. At the beginning, everything went well. He gave me checks that covered about one third of the amount. Then, instead of giving me more checks, he told me he needed a few weeks off. Ok, I’m a good sport (read naïve moron) so I said ok. That was at the beginning of April. At the end of May, he gave me 50$ and said that he would give me that amount every month (not every 2 weeks like he did with the checks). Ok again…but I was on holiday at the end of June and instead of, hmmm I don’t know, putting the amount aside and give it to me when I came back, he didn’t pay. I let a month go by and at the beginning of this week, I asked him if he was going to start paying me again since you know, YOU MISSED A MONTH! He said, oh I can’t give you double but yeah, no problem, I’m giving you the money on payday.
Payday was yesterday. No money. And he didn’t say a word about it. Nor today.
Since it was driving me nuts, I sent him an email this afternoon, asking him to tell me if he was going to pay me or not. He called me, said he just forgot and that we would talk about it next week.
I’m screwed, right? I’m never seeing a cent of my money ever again?
So yeah, little advice: never listen to your heart and lend money to a friend in trouble...
Last fall, I lent a certain amount of money to a friend; he promised me he would reimburse me ASAP because you know, money can come between friends and all. At the beginning, everything went well. He gave me checks that covered about one third of the amount. Then, instead of giving me more checks, he told me he needed a few weeks off. Ok, I’m a good sport (read naïve moron) so I said ok. That was at the beginning of April. At the end of May, he gave me 50$ and said that he would give me that amount every month (not every 2 weeks like he did with the checks). Ok again…but I was on holiday at the end of June and instead of, hmmm I don’t know, putting the amount aside and give it to me when I came back, he didn’t pay. I let a month go by and at the beginning of this week, I asked him if he was going to start paying me again since you know, YOU MISSED A MONTH! He said, oh I can’t give you double but yeah, no problem, I’m giving you the money on payday.
Payday was yesterday. No money. And he didn’t say a word about it. Nor today.
Since it was driving me nuts, I sent him an email this afternoon, asking him to tell me if he was going to pay me or not. He called me, said he just forgot and that we would talk about it next week.
I’m screwed, right? I’m never seeing a cent of my money ever again?
So yeah, little advice: never listen to your heart and lend money to a friend in trouble...
