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"I have a dear friend who&amp;amp;#8217;s in a tough spot financially right now, and while I know having some extra cash would help him out, I worry about how lending it to him would affect our relationship.If you can&amp;amp;#8217;t mix friends and money, how do piggy banks make friends? He definitely didn&amp;amp;#8217;t ask to borrow money&amp;amp;#8212;he&amp;amp;#8217;s so not the type&amp;amp;#8212;but we talk pretty openly about our finances, and I know things are bad. And I think an extra three or four thousand dollars would really, really help him right now&amp;amp;#8212;so I sort of feel like I should offer to loan him the cash. I don&amp;amp;#8217;t exactly have heaps of money lying around, but I do have the money I set aside for taxes, which I technically don&amp;amp;#8217;t need until next April-ish. I just worry that even if he could pay me back by April (which might not even be possible) things would be horribly awkward until then. Aside from anteing up for a girlfriend who forgot her wallet at brunch or paying Rory&amp;amp;#8217;s half of the rent when he can&amp;amp;#8217;t find his checkbook on the first of the month, I&amp;amp;#8217;ve never really lent anyone money. (I mean, let&amp;amp;#8217;s face it, I&amp;amp;#8217;ve never really been in a position to!) So what do I do? Offer my friend money and hope for the best? Or focus on keeping my own finances stable and help someone else comes through for him? Help! More friend dilemmas: When Friends Get Married, Does Giving Them Away Mean Giving Up Your Friendship? Do or Don&amp;amp;#8217;t: Being Best Friends With Someone From Work Do Your Guy&amp;amp;#8217;s Friends Judge Your Relationship? Is a Toxic Friend Coming Between You and Your Man? More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering for or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow glamour_sexlove on Twitter. Photo: Jupiter Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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