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'I proactively offer loans'
I often lend money to family, partners, friends and coworkers. I even proactively offer loans. They also lend me money. I can only remember one issue over very little money that I lended to a guy I didn't know well. Maybe I'm lucky? Maybe it's my environment? Do I choose my friends well? —Daniel Garzón
'Was I prepared to never see that money again?'
Several years ago I loaned $500 to a longtime friend. But before I did that, I asked myself if I was prepared to never see that money again. I’m glad the answer was yes — because she never paid me back or mentioned it. —Salvatrice Kemper
'He paid me back in full'
A college classmate of mine was hard on his luck. He asked if he could borrow money. I lent him $500 with the expectation that when things were better, he would pay me back. After about two years, I [asked for the money]. I felt uncomfortable because I couldn’t tell for sure if he actually had the means to do so, but he was now employed. It took him a couple of months, but he paid me back in full. —Mariann Duya
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