So last week, my friend asked to borrow $15 to pay for food when we went out. He forgot his wallet but still wanted to get food. Obviously without a doubt, I said yes as many of my friends have asked to borrow money from me and then paid me back at a later time. 

I’ve been very blessed in my life to not have to worry about my finances and stress over the money that I spend. However, whenever my friends do ask to borrow money from me, I do expect them to pay me back out of respect, and I hope I can speak for everyone when I say they do too. 

So when I asked my friend about paying me back, he pretended like he forgot about the incident and didn’t know what I was talking about. Although I was a bit offended, I let it slide because I wasn’t sure if maybe he genuinely did forget about it, or he just didn’t want to pay me back. But that brings me to, does letting friends borrow money from one another affect their relationship?

In my opinion, I don’t think that it does. I think if you have a balance between paying each other back and not making one person pay all the time, then there’s nothing wrong with it. However, if it becomes a constant thing, maybe keep in mind that you’re not there just to pay for people’s things. You’re there as a friend, and if they think of you any less than that, then the friendship is not healthy.