Real Life MMD: Should I pay the extra money?

janiebquick

What an idiot you are - yes, you should have kept quiet! But, since you didn't, you should repay what you owe IN FULL!

jayess_2

They are supposed to be your friend! Pay up. Perhaps even treat your friend for lending you the money!

annefromantrim

Should you have told them you got the meal cheaper?
Not if they might have been offended
But you did
And they are
So pay them the full amoungt you owe
Or the difference between your debt and the bill
Then decide if you want them for your friends.

JoannaS_3

This is why I don't borrow money off of ANYONE!!!!

The main mistake you made was telling the friend about the voucher as you have now landed yourself in a "dilemma" that needn't have occured!

If you can't afford to pay the money back then you shouldn't of borrowed it in the first place and tried to get away with only paying half back - and you didn't even pay half back in cash you paid it in food!

Now if you like having friends and a social life, pay them back the rest and learn from this so you're not as silly next time!

Happy New Year!

Foxtrot80

Glad you aren't my friend...

Gillsx

You should have given them the cash back AND taken them for a meal as a thank you.... then you could be proud of your deal.

debtdesperado

I used to have a friend like that... she'd borrow a five pound note, and then 'give it back' in coppers, 20p, 13p there. You never got the full amount.

Or her other favourite trick when you went out was to say ' I owe you, so I'll get you a drink instead'. Except the next drink would be my round, so effectively I had just paid for all my drinks, so she received the cash free and clear.

She's not my friend anymore - it was no great loss to lose a sponger like that!

The only way to repay borrowed cash, is cash, in full, and no partial payments.

Augustus_the_Strong

Ha! This is a tricky one. You should have kept your mouth shut, but the guilt would probably have got to you eventually and you'd have had to confess. I think you'll have to pay them the rest of the money, and be generous, because you have to reclaim the position lost by your cheapskate ways.

But should you be eating out if you're so short of money? If you can't pay the rest, why not invite them round to yours for a lovely home-cooked meal and some nice wine (you could use a discount voucher for the ingredients but don't brag about it).

antonia1

What was the deal regarding paying it back? Had the meal cost more than the amount you owe, would you have still covered it?

If it was simply that you covered your friend's meal upto the amount you owed then you should pay the difference.

However, if you (and your friend) expected you to cover the entire meal over and above what you owe then you get to keep any savings.

Besides, it was your voucher which saved the money in the first place.

Toreador

What part of "friend" do you not understand?

If I found myself in that position, there'd be no quandary, I'd want to give them the money.