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<blockquote data-quote="Barsoom" data-source="post: 1338253" data-attributes="member: 6955">Don&#039;t let her turn you bad... just be smart about helping people out....As other people have said always consider it a &quot;gift&quot; and not a loan.&nbsp; Give only what you are willing to give.&nbsp; If you get paid back its gravy.About a month ago I was dumb and lazy and got took advanage of... My kids and I were sitting in the van in a strip mall parking lot and this guy came up to me with a story about being stranded needing money for food.&nbsp; I gave him $10 after making him promise he&#039;ll spend it on food.... about 30 minutes later I see him riding his bike down the street talking on his cell phone with not a bag of food anywhere.&nbsp; My teenage kids thought it was pretty funny.&nbsp;&nbsp; I will still give money but next time I&#039;ll do it by getting off my butt and going into the store and buying the food myself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Barsoom, post: 1338253, member: 6955"] Don't let her turn you bad... just be smart about helping people out.... As other people have said always consider it a "gift" and not a loan. Give only what you are willing to give. If you get paid back its gravy. About a month ago I was dumb and lazy and got took advanage of... My kids and I were sitting in the van in a strip mall parking lot and this guy came up to me with a story about being stranded needing money for food. I gave him $10 after making him promise he'll spend it on food.... about 30 minutes later I see him riding his bike down the street talking on his cell phone with not a bag of food anywhere. My teenage kids thought it was pretty funny. I will still give money but next time I'll do it by getting off my butt and going into the store and buying the food myself. [/QUOTE]

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