Hi, I'm new here. I found this website a few weeks ago and have read without signing up. I just signed up and am starting a blog so that I can blog about my finances anonymously.
The whole "anonymously" part is important to me because I have my own "saving money" blog on blogger. I love writing in it and I post my entries on Facebook. I've written about all the ways we are trying to save money so that we can save up for an emergency fund in case my husband loses my job. I've never mentioned what our goal amount is, though. (It's $20k).
However, I think because of my other blog, we've had people ask us to borrow money. And that has made me VERY uncomfortable.
I love writing about financial goals and struggles, so I thought maybe this would be a more appropriate forum for my thoughts.
Have you ever had friends ask to borrow money from you? How do you respond?
My first blog entry on here....
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Yep, I have a friend who has asked to borrow money occasionally. I have "lent" it to her with the knowledge that I probably won't ever see it again. It was only $10 one time, and $20 another time. I'm not even sure if she remembers ... If she asks again, I will probably tell her that I don't have any cash .. which is usually the true case (just the two times she asked, I happened to have some!)
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