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Originally posted by ironweed
Here's one that just came* to me:
Some of you may remember the friend of mine who came to me for a loan because he had online-gambled all of his money away and, unbeknownst to his darling wife, was about to be evicted from their apartment. He has been a friend of mine for years, and we have, in our wilder days, gotten up to various seedy and unsavoury sorts of things that it would probably be detrimental to have widely known. But I have always trusted him.
As we sat in the nearly empty bar where he asked me to loan him five grand to prevent his entire life from unraveling, he started crying. This was uncomfortable enough, though I told him I would do whatever I could. But then, and I am not sure how it came up, he said something like "I could just blackmail you for the money anyway." That remark hung in the air just a beat too long before we both decided it was just a bit of gallows humor.
I don't confide in this person the way I used to. And I am still waiting for my money (apparently there will be a tax refund or some such). I don't care if I ever get it back, to tell the truth, because we are not going to be friends the way we were no matter what happens. It's a shame.
*I know there is a "just like me/comes from giving head joke" on the way, and it better be good.
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This is sad, but you're tops in my book, weedie.
p.s. Can I borrow some money? ncs keeps taking it from me online.
