Show T I ErTER r rI I I Ix x Dear Louisa I 1 have a friend who is al ways borrowing a little sum of money from Crom me It doesn't amount to much at the time but over the months it adds up to quite a sum and she never remembers to pay it back She will have the book and I will r pay fO er lunch or she doesn't want to break a large bin bill and Ill IU catch the taxi charge etc etc NOW TIllS THIS is bad enough but the other night she wished to borrow enough to make a down payment on a dress and andI I refused to loan her the money mono mon ey as I need what salary I 1 make for Cor my own expenses x She got furious furious' and said I was wasa a poor kind ot of a friend who couldn't trust her for Cor a few Cew weeks It made me feel fecI terrible and andI I didn't have the heart to tell her abo about t the money that she had been borrowing f for o r months and had forgotten to pay back What do you think I 1 should do Do you think I should remind her of oC all she owes me J J. J F F. F Answer Your letter demonstrates the fact that no matter how much you do for Cor some people the they resent it when you stoP doing and on occasion become real enemies I I think you should tell this young woman that you have kept an account ol of what she has borrowed and that al though you were glad to help her out at the time that the sums were not gUts gifts but loans IF YOU lose her as a friend I cant can't see where you have anything to worry about People who are friends as long as they can use you and cease to be when you stop be ing of oC some some use to them are not worth having as friends Lo |