it doesn’t say what the people need the money for.
if both of them need the cash to pay the IRS delinquent taxes i’d say the girlfriend takes precedence if you’re in a committed relationship. if the bro needs the money for a righteous cause and the girl needs the money for consumerism, then the bro wins out.
that’s a bad punchline that’s against community spirit. you don’t have to be a communist to help people in need, and lack of empathy/compassion should be discouraged in a healthy society. jesus fucking christ.
Don’t loan your friend money.
Give it to them and never expect it back.
That old saying about loaning a friend money means you’ll probably lose the money and the friend both is pretty true.
This one, indeed. Never loan an amount of money, you are not wiling to give away, in that situation.
fuck xavier
ah yes. being greedy towards your best friend and relationship for checks note $3000…
i know this is a joke but some people would actually do this…
like im single so cant speak on that front but even if my friend asked for $5000 id still give it to him.
if you dont help your best friend with everything you can, are you really his best friend? or is he just some dude thats chill to hang out with?
Geesh, only checks note $5,000? You people are so greedy these days
I live in a car and sell my body on the streets so I can cover my friend’s college tuition.
If you don’t help your best friend with everything you can, are you really his best friend? or is he just some dude thats chill to hang out with?
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reductio ad absurdum
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id straight up do that
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It is not $3000, it is 75% of your net worth.
which id gladly give to my friends if they nees it.
Must be nice to be in the 1%
im living at the poverty line✌️
like im legit in debt
So where are you getting $5K from?
sell whatever the fuck i can, take up a second job, rack up more debt if i must.
yall use the wird friend way to lightly, a friend is a ride or die, someone you trust deeply. what you guys mean is an acquaintance
If that debt is accruing interest, it might be a good idea to do that to get out of debt while you still can. The deeper you go, the harder it is to get out. That’ll let you help your friends in the future without as much of a negative impact on your own situation.
An acquaintance is someone you know of but rarely interact with. You may be familiar with eachother in a broad sense, but haven’t spent time together. Friends are anything greater than that, but it’s not a singular category. A good friend is not a best friend, and a bad friend can still be a friend when the time is right.
If you’ve got people in your life who’s bond with you is strong enough to put yourself into debt for, knowing they’ll do all they can to make it right after? Then you’ve got some damn great friends.
Heck no, I bailed an ex-friend for 20$, depending on the month, 20-50$ max is what I would give to all my friends combined.
Right now, that is 0$
I’m the same, but the last friend I lent 3k to for her rent ended up ghosting me so she wouldn’t have to pay me back. I’m not sad. Its honestly money well spent to know how little our friendship is worth.
What if he’s your best friend, but you’re not his best friend?
then i chose the wrong best friend
Wouldn’t the answer be “for what?” I’ll help a friend out with medical payments or car stuff if they can’t commute no problem - if they’re asking me for cash for something dumb, I’m probably not friends with them in the first place.
I definitely called a friend once while traveling abroad when ALL my shit got stolen and was like “yo, I need money” and after some story telling for identity verification he just sent me a grand (which went a long way in S(?)E Asia).
I obviously paid him back when I got home but it fully saved my ass. What a guy
My best friend? Gets the cash no questions asked.
If I needed additional follow ups, then he’s not really my best friend.
I kinda disagree. I trust my best friend completely. I would still want to know the reason. My fear would be that he needs more help than just the money, and that he was afraid to ask for too much help, or enough money. He would get it anyways though
2k though? That’s not a small chunk of change. That would wipe out a lot of people’s savings. In the example it’s nuking half your savings. What if your car blows up tomorrow and the dishwasher breaks?
That’s the point of having savings. You could just as easily ask yourself what you would do if you spent 2k on car repairs and suddenly your friend urgently needs financial assistance the next day. If you need to spend that money, then you spend it. If you can’t, then you deal with the consequences.
Those sound like American problems.
I have solid savings, don’t need a car, and can wash dishes just fine.
… You know there are places other than the US, right? It seems like a really unhealthy mindset to assume everything you can’t personally relate to must therefore automatically be about America.
I can only answer for myself, but in that case then we’re going to figure something out. It would be a shitty situation, but not one that can’t be overcome with the power of friendship!
(Which sounds like a joke but nah really that’s how that would work out)
This is something a friend would say
If my friend needed 2k like, tonight, I’m assuming it’s ransom and that we’re mobbing out.
My bff and I don’t loan cash for any purpose, as previous bad experiences have tainted trying to help people with cash. And I’m gay so no gf.
$4k and a clear conscious. Ez pz.
What do I have? A best friend and a girl! I’m hoping she’s a girlfriend and not a daughter, because I can’t afford the latter.
