If you need the money badly tell the person that, if they care about you they'll do their best to pay you back.
yep.Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45
I say only loan money if you can afford NOT to get it back!
I would tell them to consider it a gift, but to never ask you for money again until it's paid back, since you can only afford to make that kind of gift once.Originally Posted by cococat
Someone I love and am close to (family) owes me money. They have for 2 months. I need this money really bad. I have called them, they say they will send it but never do.
What would you do?
That is along the lines of what my husband said. I can't just drop it or let it go, well - I can and will-, but I do want to mention to this individual what is going on in my head and how things will be handled from now on. This person likes to live their life with a least conflict as possible, so do I, it would be easy to brush this off and never say a word about it, but instead I will do the thing I don't want to do, talk about itOriginally Posted by mrblanche
I would tell them to consider it a gift, but...
I sympathize with you. After being burnt so many times by siblings I find it easiest to just say no. Or if it's urgent, I only loaned what I can afford not to get it back.Originally Posted by cococat
It would be so much easier just to ignore it, but ignoring things doesn't make them go away all of the time.
I was going to organize my thoughts on this and post a reply, but I really like this approach, so I'm just going to sayOriginally Posted by mrblanche
I would tell them to consider it a gift, but to never ask you for money again until it's paid back, since you can only afford to make that kind of gift once.
Same here but really it just means you have way more of all types of expenses!Originally Posted by Rone
I'm the only one married in the family...their first response was "how can you not have money?"