Never a borrower or a lender be - Page 3

Stormieweather · 08-29-2012, 01:23 PM

I don't borrow and I don't lend.

I'll help you all I can with my effort, time, and advice but not with money...sorry.

I've learned to live within MY means, so must you (mr/ms would-be-borrower!). Yeah, it meant more than one missed meal, disconnected power, and running out of gas incident. But you'll live.

sexobon · 08-29-2012, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

... Even if I didn't have to ask for it, it's a pain in the ass if it's every week. ...

Sounds like you need a preemptive strike. At the beginning of each week, ask him if you can borrow $5. If he says no, you'll have a reason to reciprocate. If he hands you the money, you'll have it to lend to him when he asks.

Razzmatazz13 · 08-30-2012, 04:20 AM

sexobon, that's genius!!

nowhereman · 08-30-2012, 08:18 AM

2 photographer friends and I borrow gear from each other for assignments. We're all pros, and know how to handle equipment costing lots of money. (We also understand the "you break it you bought it" principle). I loaned a meter once in school - 5 minutes later it hits the floor. No damage, (whew) but never again.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-30-2012, 04:05 PM

There were lots of people who would have paid me back if they had lived, that's the curse of old age.

For a couple of them, it was worth a few hundred to keep them away, though.

I always make sure they know if it was a loan or gift. A gift, I don't want to hear any more about it. A loan however requires acknowledgment, preferably repayment but at minimum an excuse/apology.

I could borrow thousands on a hand shake, no problem. The thing that made me nuts was borrowing change from a cow orker. I'd write myself three notes for fear I'd forget to pay them, and die of embarrassment when they called me on it.

DucksNuts · 08-30-2012, 08:44 PM

You're such a sweetheart, Bruce

xoxoxoBruce · 08-30-2012, 11:58 PM

I'm not the sweetheart you're looking for. You can go about your business. Move along, move along.

DucksNuts · 08-31-2012, 09:24 PM

Rejected again

xoxoxoBruce · 09-03-2012, 10:37 PM

Nah, never reject you Duckie, just pointing out you're mistaken.

08-29-2012, 01:23 PM	#1
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	I don't borrow and I don't lend. I'll help you all I can with my effort, time, and advice but not with money...sorry. I've learned to live within MY means, so must you (mr/ms would-be-borrower!). Yeah, it meant more than one missed meal, disconnected power, and running out of gas incident. But you'll live. __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

08-30-2012, 04:20 AM	#3
Razzmatazz13 Vicariously, I live... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,221	sexobon, that's genius!! __________________ I have some people I need to have smoted. ~ SteveDallas

08-30-2012, 04:05 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	There were lots of people who would have paid me back if they had lived, that's the curse of old age. For a couple of them, it was worth a few hundred to keep them away, though. I always make sure they know if it was a loan or gift. A gift, I don't want to hear any more about it. A loan however requires acknowledgment, preferably repayment but at minimum an excuse/apology. I could borrow thousands on a hand shake, no problem. The thing that made me nuts was borrowing change from a cow orker. I'd write myself three notes for fear I'd forget to pay them, and die of embarrassment when they called me on it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-30-2012, 11:58 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'm not the sweetheart you're looking for. You can go about your business. Move along, move along. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-03-2012, 10:37 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Nah, never reject you Duckie, just pointing out you're mistaken. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-30-2012, 08:18 AM	#4
nowhereman sliding down the razor blade of life Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: just over the edge Posts: 228	2 photographer friends and I borrow gear from each other for assignments. We're all pros, and know how to handle equipment costing lots of money. (We also understand the "you break it you bought it" principle). I loaned a meter once in school - 5 minutes later it hits the floor. No damage, (whew) but never again.

08-30-2012, 08:44 PM	#6
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	You're such a sweetheart, Bruce

08-31-2012, 09:24 PM	#8
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Rejected again

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