Borrowing Money in Another Country

[relaedgc]

If I borrowed $50,000 dollars which at the time is worth £25,000 and then I go to pay it back when it's worth £32,000, I am not going to argue that it's unfair and that I should only have to pay £25,000 worth.

Currency borrowed is currency returned, in my opinion. Fluctuations go both ways. Unless you specifically made it clear before you lent them the money, then you have to just deal with it. That's all part and parcel of helping out a friend, anyway, I'd have said.

[StuartHopkin]

Well I know who I wont be lending money to at the Blonde Bash in Venezuela next year..........

[Woodsey]

Just lol at this thread, these must be the same people who go through the itemised bill at dinner to work out who owes what.

I have a couple of nit friends who always do this, drives me nuts. We went out for a pizza recently and basically got a 2 for 1 offer on the pizzas, I had my usual full works jobbie and one of my friends had the most expensive one he could have without having to pay extra for it. The pizza came and he didn't like it, I'm what the fk? Why didn't you just order the one you wanted and know you liked. He wasn't thinking like that, he just wanted to get as much as possible for his money as the 2nd pizza was free. Tight twat.............

[Bongo]

A guy I know always does that, except when he's calculated that splitting the bill would be cheaper for him and then he opts to do that. 

[kinboshi]

Just lol at this thread, these must be the same people who go through the itemised bill at dinner to work out who owes what.

I have a couple of nit friends who always do this, drives me nuts. We went out for a pizza recently and basically got a 2 for 1 offer on the pizzas, I had my usual full works jobbie and one of my friends had the most expensive one he could have without having to pay extra for it. The pizza came and he didn't like it, I'm what the fk? Why didn't you just order the one you wanted and know you liked. He wasn't thinking like that, he just wanted to get as much as possible for his money as the 2nd pizza was free. Tight twat.............

Hope you ate his pizza too?

[Claw75]

used to work with a bloke like that. When we went out for team meals he would check first that we were splitting evenly, then order the most expensive meal and bottle of wine on the menu.  Inidentally one night after a bottle of said expensive wine he started randomly asking people for tips on how he could go about losing his virginity.

[Royal Flush]

used to work with a bloke like that. When we went out for team meals he would check first that we were splitting evenly, then order the most expensive meal and bottle of wine on the menu.  Inidentally one night after a bottle of said expensive wine he started randomly asking people for tips on how he could go about losing his virginity.

tbf we just call this increasing your flip equity, order the best shit then hope you don't lose the flip....

[Claw75]

used to work with a bloke like that. When we went out for team meals he would check first that we were splitting evenly, then order the most expensive meal and bottle of wine on the menu.  Inidentally one night after a bottle of said expensive wine he started randomly asking people for tips on how he could go about losing his virginity.

tbf we just call this increasing your flip equity, order the best shit then hope you don't lose the flip....

yeah there is that, but he'd only do it after trying first to persuade everyone to split the bill individually, in which case he'd stick to the cheap stuff and water.  Not as if he didn't have a lot of spare cash - still lived with him mum, obv.

[GreekStein]

Tikay must be loving this thread.

[I KNOW IT]

Just lol at this thread, these must be the same people who go through the itemised bill at dinner to work out who owes what.

Reason for thread: I've been asked to mediate between two friends who this has happened to, and the money involved is huge.

Both are totally convinced they are in the right and I don't think they are particularly fussed about the money, it's the principle involved which is aggrivating them. In fact it's threatening their friendship because they are both so sure the other is wrong.

Channing and who else?

[GreekStein]

Just lol at this thread, these must be the same people who go through the itemised bill at dinner to work out who owes what.

Reason for thread: I've been asked to mediate between two friends who this has happened to, and the money involved is huge.

Both are totally convinced they are in the right and I don't think they are particularly fussed about the money, it's the principle involved which is aggrivating them. In fact it's threatening their friendship because they are both so sure the other is wrong.

Channing and who else?

lol

Also,

[  ] the principle

[ x ] the money

[mondatoo]

If they were that bothered they'd have cared enough to stipulate at the time as it is pay the same as you borrowed in that currency if the dollar went down you'd have paid more so seems fair to me

[StuartHopkin]

They sure are friends

[ViiperUK]

They sure are were friends