If you're not particularly good at confronting people, a friend who never pays you back can cost you a significant amount of money.
If you're not particularly good at confronting people, a friend who never pays you back can cost you a significant amount of moneyperhaps they do a symbolic reach for their wallet when the server places the bill on the table — but no money actually ever materializes.
If they continue to ignore your requests for months, it's safe to say they aren't planning to pay you back and you'll have to eat the cost. And while you might have lost money, you hopefully gained some useful knowledge about this person going forward.This, from Shakespeare's Hamlet, means don't put yourself in the position of loaning money to friends or borrowing money from them and indebting yourself to someone else.
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