5 years ago I “loaned” a friend $750 which was supposed to be “short-term” until she cashed out some stocks. Well here we are, 5 years later, a few vacations later, another $150 loan and guess what…no mention of my original or second “LOAN”. In fact, the friend seems to have forgotten the whole thing.
The good thing for me it was not very much and was not worth losing a friend. Also, now I can always use that money as the reason for not loaning more.