donderdag 25 oktober 2007

Britons lending their friends £510m a year


Britons are handing more than £510 million a year to their friends and family. The average amount that is given is £116. Before you do this, you must concern all problems you can face. Almost 3.5 people have said that their friendship ended because of money. Those amounts don’t need to be this high. 29% says that is was an amount below £100.
Several reasons are revealed to declare this situation. The first one is that people just borrow the money to help their friends until pay day. So people don’t have to lend money at the bank and so they don’t have to pay rents. The second reason is to pay off personal debts, like holidays, home improvements… Also helping set up a business, buying presents and medical expenses are reasons to lend money from friends. Of course is the best thing to do when you need a large amount of money, to go to the bank. Yes, indeed, you must pay the rent, but isn’t that more worth than your friendship with other people? It’s a well-know fact that people split up for money and that friendships and for money. But I think that people ignore the fact that they can lose their friends, however it’s something very common.


Els


2 opmerkingen:

Els, Kathleen, Jan & Laura zei

I would never lend a big som of money to my frieds, because it might happen that they can't pay it back. Also, without good friends one can not really be happy. So why would you throw away your happiness?

Kathleen

Els, Kathleen, Jan & Laura zei

Lending money, concluding a mortgage to friends,... happens with the best intents, but can turn out in big problems. Friends, family members,... take extension of payment for granted. We have to plead for a solid family contract if we want to avoid problems.

Jan