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Getting money back I lent ex boyfriend

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  • Candyapple
    Candyapple Posts: 3,385 Forumite
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    You only lost £7.4k, this woman lost £40k:
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5798544

    All you can do is put it down to being a lesson learned, albeit an expensive one.

    Perhaps you might want to explore why you would hand over such a large amount of money to someone you barely knew for over a year by way of therapy so you don't fall into the same problems later.

    If your ex is earning £18.5k salary, he's getting roughly £1.3k after tax every month. And all he can afford to repay you is £60? If you are on good terms with him, have you asked him where his money is going or even to increase his payments to you to say £200 per month by standing order?
    I'm a Board Guide on the Credit Cards, Loans, Credit Files & Ratings boards. I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly, and I can move and merge threads there. Any views are mine and not the official line of moneysavingexpert.com
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