all that glitters
Someone who is very close to me has asked to borrow $50 for a couple weeks.
The person in question probably has a legitimate need, and I’m not one to turn people down when they need help. But I’m having trouble with this particular request, knowing first that the money could well end up just going towards cigarettes, which of course is repugnant and not worth my support.
Even worse is that the significant other in this picture has the person in question tied up in scams, schemes and other money-losing propositions. A quick Google search for the name of this significant other yields all kinds of evidence of participation in nonsense like this, this, this and this. (‘Quixtard’ is a fitting adjective.) And I can’t forget the most recent lunacy, Diamonds Team, a disease that is sold in hundred dollar increments.
The last thing I want is this loan ending up lost in yet another pyramid. And would it ever be satisfying to say you know, if you hadn’t been so goddam stupid and put all of your cash into these idiot ideas, perhaps you wouldn’t be asking me for money in the first place.
Can’t do it. And I would hate to say no and learn later that this fifty bucks would have bought a few meals.
I don’t know what to do. Maybe $50 in drinks would help.