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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 572910" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>You all summed up my feelings pretty well...</p><p></p><p>One the one hand, an argument can be made that this is a "Life Lesson" that she can learn while she is still living at home....with the hope that the next time somebody wants to borrow money, difficult child will say NO!</p><p></p><p>on the other hand - $500 is a HUGE amount of cash...especially for a kid who works part-time at minimum wage. PLUS - no guarantee that difficult child will actually learn the Life Lesson and, as sveral of you pointed out, this may become "all Mom's fault" anyway.</p><p></p><p>The story we were given is that difficult child's friend is a responsible, hard-working, and really-nice person that difficult child has known for all of about two months. Friend needs the money to pay rent and other bills that she got behind on because Friend's room-mate is unemployed.</p><p></p><p>Why can't Friend borrow $500 from her parents?</p><p></p><p>Oh, because Friend dropped out of high school and her parents are really mad about it and don't speak to her.</p><p></p><p>Why can't Friend borrow $500 from another relative? maybe her Grandparents?</p><p></p><p>Oh, because her Grandparents won't speak to ehr either.</p><p></p><p>Why can't Friend pawn something?</p><p></p><p>Oh, because it is going to take Friend a lot longer than 90 days to repay the loan and she doesn't want to lose any of her stuff.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah...this is a baaaad idea - but difficult child cannot see that. difficult child firmly believes that Friend will pay her back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 572910, member: 6546"] You all summed up my feelings pretty well... One the one hand, an argument can be made that this is a "Life Lesson" that she can learn while she is still living at home....with the hope that the next time somebody wants to borrow money, difficult child will say NO! on the other hand - $500 is a HUGE amount of cash...especially for a kid who works part-time at minimum wage. PLUS - no guarantee that difficult child will actually learn the Life Lesson and, as sveral of you pointed out, this may become "all Mom's fault" anyway. The story we were given is that difficult child's friend is a responsible, hard-working, and really-nice person that difficult child has known for all of about two months. Friend needs the money to pay rent and other bills that she got behind on because Friend's room-mate is unemployed. Why can't Friend borrow $500 from her parents? Oh, because Friend dropped out of high school and her parents are really mad about it and don't speak to her. Why can't Friend borrow $500 from another relative? maybe her Grandparents? Oh, because her Grandparents won't speak to ehr either. Why can't Friend pawn something? Oh, because it is going to take Friend a lot longer than 90 days to repay the loan and she doesn't want to lose any of her stuff. Yeah...this is a baaaad idea - but difficult child cannot see that. difficult child firmly believes that Friend will pay her back. [/QUOTE]
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