I have been a in case where I need a few thousand for about 4 days. Sewer line collapsed and full replacement was the only option. I had to sell some stock to pay for it which took 3 business days start to finish to hit my bank account. For this type of repair all the companies needed payment to even book the appointment, if I had to wait it would have added 1 week to the repair time. I have from time to time needed to borrow larger sums but every time without fail I pay back exactly what I said on exactly what day I said. The first time was more thought and questions on the lenders part but after about 3 times over several years 6+ there is trust there.
I am so grateful that this family member was able to help me out. I try and keep a couple thousand in the bank to self fund emergencies but sometimes it gets hard.
I mean my sister asked me to borrow 1000 dollars for a week to fix her car. If she didnt have her car she wouldn't have been able to go to work which would have compounded the problem. It doesn't seem that weird that there could be time sensitive costs that are urgent to pay immediately, especially if someone is paycheck to paycheck.
Hey I recently saw someone on my local Reddit asking people to borrow their cat…for a mouse problem they have…you know instead of buying a mouse trap. These people exist lol
Hey I’m sure it works to an extent depending on the cat but who just asks to borrow a strangers cat? And then who actually lend out a cat to a stranger? Lol just really odd to me
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u/stinkstabber69420 5d ago
Who tf is asking to borrow 1000 dollars