cath
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Sorry but just needed to get this off my chest. Just over a year ago, a couple that we are good friends with were having money problems and asked DH to lend them 1000 euros. At the time I had a few thousand in savings. I was dead set against the idea but DH persuaded me to lend it to them. Fast forward to present day & our savings have completely gone as hubbys lost his job due to the recession & is only doing a bit of casual labour here & there. Although I earn a very good wage, the cost of living here is pretty high & we're surviving on 1 wage so could really do with the money back. We are managing day to day but only just-there's no money for savings or luxuries-we spend all my wage every month just on food, bills etc We havent asked them for the money back yet,but they know that we're struggling & havent offered to pay us back anything I know that they're struggling too but its been over a year & they havent paid us anything at all back. If they'd just put 10 euros a week aside from the day they'd borrowed the money, they'd have about 600 euros & would be well on the way to paying us back. They've never made any mention of the money at all,not even to say that they're trying to get it together but it might take a bit longer. The other day, I went round to their house & they'd been to IKEA & spent about 100 euros on stuff for the house & it got me sooooooo mad- I just kept thinking 'thats not your money to spend, its mine' I just feel like a mug & I'm upset because its affecting the way I feel about them- I thought we were friends but friends dont take the piss out of each other like this. I'm also a bit mad at DH coz I warned him this would happen & he didnt listen & persuaded me otherwise, should have just ignored him & gone with my instincts.Anyway,congrats if you got this far, thanks for reading, I feel a bit better now I have got it off my chest