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Liz:
I have never lent money to anyone besides my sister, and she has never failed to pay me back. I plan to keep it that way.

Lines:
I will lend friends something like $1 or whatever when they need it, but that's really about it. I don't like lending money and I also don't like borrowing it, unless it's for $1, which usually is because I don't have any cash at work and therefore can't get a drink from the vending machine.

Emaline:
I don't really lend money to people. I give them money, say I'm lending it, and don't expect it back.

Dimmukane:
My brother has stolen small amounts of money from me before to pay for drugs.  (He owes me somewhere in the realm of 50$, but I stole some pot from him which he never found out about, so now it's more like 20$)  He keeps promising to pay me back, but he still does not have a job and is not actively looking for one, because he is content to be mooching off my parents (who are tired of listening to his excuses).  He recently one 100$ in a fantasy football pool, but instead of paying people back (he's also had some run-ins with dealers and apparently owes more than just our family), he goes and buys a half ounce of mexican crapweed.

In terms of lending people money, I don't have a lot to lend, but I don't lend unless I'm absolutely positive I'll get it back.  Or unless I believe it's something I'm willing to lose money on (an investment, in this case).  I lent my best friend 200 for car insurance, which I got back, and I've been buying computer parts for a friend of mine so he can start writing (which he's really good at, he just needs a spell checker/grammar checker) which he can't afford because him, his girlfriend, his brother and a friend/tenant are basically paying rent/utilities on the house while their mom lies on the couch watching movies/tv all day.  Two of those people are currently out of a job, and one's a drug dealer, and they've got hospital bills to pay.  Basically I'm helping them because they're up shit creek and don't deserve it.

ViolentDove:
Not really about lending money... but the first share-house I ever moved into was an absolute cliche of a student share-house.

One time the washing-up was left for so long that a small plant sprouted out of the grouting next to the sink, obviously a grain-seed of some description had germinated and made a desperate bid for freedom. Other attractions included: A slowly expanding hole in the kitchen floor covered with chopping boards taped over it, a light switch in the bathroom that gave you small jolts whenever someone would use the shower, the Slug Cupboard, some random unemployed musician living in the garage, and to top it off, one time the upstairs neighbour's pipes started leaking, giving us a steady indoor drizzle which the dodgy landlord refused to fix for a week, leading to the adoption of indoor umbrellas.

Good times!

On the plus side, every other house I've ever lived in seems much nicer in comparison.

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