Not sure if this is the best place to put This but we'll see how this goes. My best friend of almost a decade is terrible with his money. He lives paycheck to paycheck and asks to borrow money, sometimes a few times a week, to give him some credit he ALWAYS pays me back, sometimes a few days late, but he's always been honest if he's gonna be late.
I feel he has no motivation to get control of his finances, he's on pretty good money, but he has a pot problem, often putting the 'erb well before other financial priorities. It's getting to the point where I feel really reluctant to keep lending him money purely because of his lack of motivation to stop living off personal loans from friends and family. I'm not rich, but I have a better handle on my own finances so I don't have to borrow money, I hate having to owe people anything, it's just the way I was brought up.
I want him to sort himself out, and I think he'll know I'm lying if I say I don't have money to lend him. Realistically lending him small amounts of money for short periods of time makes no impact on my finances, but it also doesn't help him sort his stuff out. I feel he's never gonna get on top of things if he keeps living on the hand outs from people.
Any opinions or advice for me please folks?
May 08, 2018 at 06:38AM
