I had..
..a boyfriend who was very good at spending money. So good that he'd dropped out of uni leaving about £10k's worth of debt at various student addresses never to be repaid. He'd buy anything he fancied, regardless of whether it was essential or not (most often it wasn't) but when I suggested he curbed his spending he couldn't see what the problem was. He was also very good at helping me spend my money as well as borrowing it from me. He repaid one debt to me with a new mobile phone cause it was easier to obtain than actual cash. We went on holiday too which I paid for, happily believing that he'd pay me his share eventually (how??). I also had to bail him out of a loan from a mate so the mate could actually buy food for the week - you know, little things. And then we broke up with him owing me £600 - not a lot, but the principle was there - I wanted my money back! So he turned up one day with as much as he'd been able to gather - 2/3s of what he owed me in cash. To this day I wonder who he'd had to go to to get it.

You'd think I'd have learned from this, but no, I leant more to my current boyfriend - who sent me the conditions of the loan, the schedule, basically a contract. He paid every month and paid it off early when his financial position improved. I like this one better...
( Bozo the Clone will work for chocolate., Sat 25 Nov 2006, 14:58, Reply)