Real Life MMD: Should I pay the extra money?

SunnyBrighton_2

Phew, glad you're not my 'friend' - pay it all back in cash - now - and apologise.

danuslave

Ask yourself how you would feel if someone did this to you!

carla40

i think you should pay them back the full amount you borrowed, and the meal was a thankyou for being good friends and lending it to you in the first place

MellaBella2

I think you should have paid back the full amount in cash as that was what you were lent. You suggested the meal idea, your friend agreed however may have preferred the cash, you shouldnt be deciding what they spend their money on.
Pay back in full cash and split the meal giving your friend the benefit of the voucher too - its the least you can do!

Gingerjar

Oh how horrible. What a mean and horrid way to behave. Your friend must be reeling in shock at your bad behaviour and lack of morality. I feel very sorry for the friend. I think you must pay the money back and would say that you may have saved a few pounds but have certainly lost a friend and your good name.

desthemoaner

I agree with the majority of replies so far. If the amount of money youve spent on the meal is less than what you borrowed, you still owe your friend money.
For Goodness Sake--unless you were dining at the Ritz it cant be much, can it?

pej2000

I can't believe you even have to ask, of course you should pay the difference! If your friend was good enough to lend you money then you owe them big-time and dinner is the very least you could've done, with or without a voucher, even if it meant going to a less expensive restaurant. If you really couldn't afford that sort of gesture, then paying the difference between the cost of their dinner and the amount they lent you is only fair and right. Whatever were you thinking..?!!

tripled

If I found a half price voucher and went for a meal with a friend, I wouldn't expect them to pay the whole cost so I could have a free meal, I'd share the discount with them. So accordingly as you got the meal half price, you should cough up the difference to your mate, otherwise you will be dining alone in the future.

MAIA

I used to have a friend like you, but who needs such a tight fisted friend?

sonofsolihull

Your friend did you a favour, yet you chose a underhanded way by which to pay her back you tried to profited from it. Wouldn't it have been better for you to have paid for the meal and said by the way here's the rest of the money as a thank you, I think you may have lost
what seems to be a good friend by your calculating approach.