For seven years, I supported my friend through some of her hardest times. When we met, she struggled financially, and I helped however I could \u2014 even lending her my car when hers broke down, never asking for gas money or anything in return. Back then, I was stable and happy to help. But life changed, and I eventually ended up living paycheck to paycheck while her situation improved dramatically after marrying a millionaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve borrowed small amounts from her before, always repaying her. Recently, though, she began refusing to lend even a few dollars. When she told me she couldn\u2019t spare $5, I grew concerned and wondered if I\u2019d forgotten to pay her back. But she said that wasn\u2019t the issue. Instead, she lectured me about budgeting and compared me to her brothers and friends who had exploited her financially \u2014 even though I\u2019d never taken advantage of her in any way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I told her it hurt to be lumped in with people who\u2019d used her, especially given everything I had done to support her when she was struggling. She insisted money and friendship shouldn\u2019t mix and acted as if I<\/em> had wronged her<\/em>. Later she even messaged me saying she \u201cdidn\u2019t deserve that conversation.\u201d I haven\u2019t responded. I\u2019m not entitled to her money, but being dismissed and judged over $5 \u2014 after years of generosity \u2014 felt like a slap in the face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reactions have been mixed: some say she\u2019s \u201cposh now\u201d and no longer the same friend; others argue that borrowing money too often, even small amounts, can strain a friendship. Ultimately, it\u2019s not about the $5 \u2014 it\u2019s about respect, empathy, and equality. And sometimes, a small incident just reveals a truth that\u2019s been there all along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For seven years, I supported my friend through some of her hardest times. When we met, she struggled financially, and I helped however I could \u2014 even… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":126,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20026,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20022\/revisions\/20026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}