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Old 12-31-2014, 11:03am   #34
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Originally Posted by TabuIsMe View Post
If you didn't get it back after 6 years you wont, and you don't need friends like that.
This.^^^^^^^^^^^^^



Sounds like the results of our entitlement society. People feel that others "owe" them. You have some money because you made good decisions/were lucky/worked hard/inherited it/whatever, and the person who needs the money feels "hey, you don't need that money, but I do....somehow, I'm entitled to it", and if you press for it back, YOU are the bad guy, YOU suck, etc.

It's a mindset that is commonplace now, and I really can't understand it, even though I see it all the time.

There was a scene in one of my favorite movies, "A Bronx Tale", where the mob boss mentor tells his young protégé, (paraphrased) hey, you loaned $ 20 to a guy and now he avoids you because he won't pay you back. Consider that a cheap payment to get rid of someone you don't want around you anyway.
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