What has someone borrowed from you and never returned? I had money borrowed, Will never do that

[debm55]

again. Books, clothes, money, tools. etc.

[PJMcK]

1. Books and money

I've lost several friends because they didn't honor my generosity.

It won't stop me from helping people in the future. Just not those people who failed to account to me.

[debm55]

21. That's a good belief. It's sad when people don't honor your generoristy. But Im happy to see you

still you are a helpful person.

[WhiteTara]

2. mostly books

[634-5789]

3. Toolbox, full of tools. Never saw him again.

[Historic NY]

4. Money so i rarely loan even to relatives.

I might help out but I am not loaning.

[lapfog_1]

5. money and books... occasional tools...

and some dishes that had the baked goods I sometimes give away... but I don't mind them keeping the dish.

[KarenS]

12. I know some folks that buy used

pretty but unmatched plates or bowls just for the purposed of making others food.
I thought that was a clever idea.

[debm55]

22. Yes, going to potlucks, you are sure of not getting the pan back,

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

43. at work potlucks, someone will dump all the dishes in the kitchen. dish gets misplaced, not

taken with malice.

[debm55]

46. Oh no, I agree. But I still go down to the Dollar Tree. and buy a serving plate. That way I don't c

care. Some times the good stuff was returned, sometimes not.

[ItsjustMe]

6. Money, magazines, tools, Bicycle

and the list goes on and on.

[Ziggysmom]

7. My love 🥹

[debm55]

8. I am so sorry Ziggysmom.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Money, at least 3 times.

[EYESORE 9001]

10. Someone once borrowed a book from me and never returned it

The book was When Bad Things Happen to Good People, which seems serendipitous.

[debm55]

23. Eyesore, did you ask for it back?

[KarenS]

11. We do not 'loan' money,,,,

we give money. Some of our kids 'borrowed' money and I felt really judgy about their lifestyles etc,,,, so now we give it,,,, it's easier on me that way,,,,

[Eko]

38. I do the same thing.

[crud]

13. I loaned my watch to a high school friend

He accidentally drowned that night. He was buried with it on his wrist. So just sad all around. I was 17 at the time. I don't think I have ever loaned a watch to anyone else.

[debm55]

14. I am very sorry crud,.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

44. omg...that is sad

[multigraincracker]

15. If a good friend ask to borrow $100,

I will say I don’t make loans, but I’ll gift you $10.
Saves me money and friends.

[debm55]

17. But how if they need $100 and you only gave them $10, how are they going to get the other 90?

[multigraincracker]

24. I'm good.

Now they need $10 less. I've found most won't take the 10 and look else where..
Another way if they really want it and will pay it back, I'll ask if I can hold that 14K ring until they pay me back.

[Ptah]

16. My copy of Whole Earth Catalog

[debm55]

18. Sorry, did you ask for it back?

[Ptah]

19. Yes. He denied having it.

[debm55]

20. What I dislike is when they say they gave it back to you.

[Phentex]

25. heavy duty staple gun...

I had a friend who would borrow it, return it, borrow it, return it but then one time never returned it. I figured she needed it more than I did. And then she moved before I could ask what happened to it. I am not sure why I had one but every once in a while it comes up and my husband will say "We used to have a staple gun..."

[debm55]

26. Oh well, I won't ask you if you asked for it back. Sometimes people use it to add neew fabric to

patio furniture instead of sewing.

[kimbutgar]

27. I loaned money to a friend who I knew would never pay me back

And she never did but I was ok with it because she was living in a homeless shelter and really down on her luck. She was diagnosed with cancer a while later which she survived but basically can’t work anymore and is on social security disability and other social services. Luckily I could afford it.

And my husband’s nephew wanted us to co-sign on a loan of $60,000 to attend an airline pilot school and I vehemently was against it and it almost jeopardized my marriage but eventually my husband agreed with me but it caused a minor rift with his sister. The nephew ended up getting his pilot’s license while working at a pilot training school. He now flies for a commuter airline working to get hours to fly a major carrier.

[debm55]

28. Thank you kimbutgar for sharing. I would be a hesitant to co-sign a 60,000 loan too.

[lpbk2713]

29. Jumper cables.

When I asked about them after much time had passed, I got "what jumper cables?".

I wrote it off as a lesson learned.

[debm55]

30. I loaned a black dress my husband bought me to my girlfriend's daughter. The daughter was having a

piano recital. I just assumed she forgot to return it. One day I went to my friend's house and there was the dress in the trash heap. The side was riped. I asked my friend about it and she gave me a runaround answer. Never loaned her anything again. I just wished she would have been honest with me when it happened.

[Wounded Bear]

31. If you loan someone $20 and never hear from them again...

it was probably worth it.

[debm55]

32. Wounded Bear that is good.

[Brother Buzz]

33. I live in a Podunk town where you go next door to borrow your own ladder....

then return it.

[debm55]

35. That's funny.

[Mr.Bill]

34. I have a son-in-law who thinks

when ever I loan him something, it was a gift.

[ProfessorGAC]

36. Money & A Musical Instrument

It was 5 or 6 hundred, so not huge but not trivial. Guy got arrested for stalking his ex-wife, so it's probably best we didn't see him ever again.
The musical instrument was a Korg that simulated a Hammond B-3.
Guy in corporate analytical borrowed it for recording. Had it a couple months.
I went to England, and when I got back I heard he left the company for a job in a different state. Never heard from him again.

[OilemFirchen]

37. 1960s Harmony Hollow-Body Electric Guitar.

Loaned it to a friend - local jazz guitarist. It had the most amazing action and tone, especially for a cheap guitar - so much so that it became his go-to for about five years. Finally got it back and, in the midst of a move, stored it in another friend's church, where it got "lost". Up his nose, I've always assumed.

I miss that axe bad.

[niyad]

39. Money, and books. Now I don't loan either. I never loan out my books, and if I

were to give money, I would understand that it was a gift.

[debm55]

40. I felt sorry for a teacher because she was crying and said she needed money. it was for $1000.

When I asked for it back she said to wait until the end of the year when we got our insurance rebate. I said no. She paid me 50 a month. She said it was all she could afford. But at lunch, she was bragging about the cell phones. church parties. and other non essentials she was buying. I thought I was helping her pay for food and utlities.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

42. yep. best to "give" money and, if you get it back, that's a happy surprise.

don't do loans

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

41. money, books

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

45. Question #2. Have YOU ever borrowed something and not returned it?

[debm55]

48. The simple answer is no. I have never asked for money, Never borrow tools because I don't want to

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break them. My neighbor had a power painter, We didn't ask to borrow as we would be responsible for it if broken. So we painted our white picket fence by hand in July.My thing is if I don't have the money for it, I don't need it. I don't need a 100 watch when a cheaper one will do. Just me though. We have let us others borrow. But we don't. Only thing we every borrowed was money for the house and our cars. And I might forget about giving it back. Which I would hate to do.

[LudwigPastorius]

47. A couple of bootleg cassette tapes I had recorded.

He was one of those guys who said, "Yeah...I'm pretty sure I gave them back to you."



I learned my lesson, at least, and only loaned out copies of rare music after that.

[debm55]

49. Lugwig, that was my problem with the black dress, I loaned my , at the time , best friend. She

wasn't honest with me. I would have understood that the dress ripped and she felt the need to through it away. I could have fixed it. But my friend was like that --always talked poor, but spent bought things at Tiffany's, Sax, and Neiman Marcus.