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{{quote|''Neither a borrower nor a lender be
''For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
''And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.''
|'''Polonius''', ''[[Hamlet]]''}}
It's coming up to rent day and [[Alice and Bob|Alice]] is a little short. Bob, on the other hand, has money to spare, and casually offers to lend her the cash - after all, what's a few quid [[The Power of Friendship|between friends]]? No need for collateral or payment deadlines, [[The Power of Trust]] will prevail!
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{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] ==
* Cosigning a car lease for an old work acquaintance is what sets the events of [[Kaiji]] into action. And, of course, {{spoiler|the guy he did it for shows up and proceeds to die, ensuring Kaiji will never get re-payed for the headache.}}
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* Partly [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] and partly averted in an episode of [[Doogie Howser, M.D.]]. Vinnie asks Doogie for some money, and at first Doogie refuses because of this trope. He ends up agreeing, but it doesn't cause any problems between them and it never gets mentioned again.
* A LOT of the cases on ''[[Judge Judy]]'' involve the plaintiff suing a former friend for an unpaid loan. The defendant's usual defense will be "it was a gift, not a loan," such as in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpRKwgEQWhs this case]. Judge Judy almost always rules in favor of the plaintiff, as well as giving them the advice: "Never lend money to anybody. As soon as you lend money, you become the bad guy."
* In an episode of ''[[
** Another episode has Frank and Hot Lips arguing over this, including the obligatory mention of the page quote.
* JD on ''[[Scrubs]]'' lent the Janitor a buck for the vending machine, only for him to start acting as if every random encounter is JD hounding him for a repayment. Of course, that's how he acts most of the time with no provocation whatsoever, so...
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== Music ==
* "Listen Up" by The Gossip:
{{quote|''Everybody knows someone like that
''Who borrows money and won't pay you back
''They'll talk about you at the drop of a hat
''Lie about it to your face when they're caught
== [[Theater]] ==▼
* The page quote from ''[[Hamlet]]'' was in the middle of a bunch of other, nonsensical, advice Polonius gave his son Laertes, implying that [[Completely Missing the Point|it was also not great advice.]]▼
== [[Real Life]] ==
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* It's worth noting how many broken friendships are caused by this. In fact, there's a reason why a gigantic chunk of cases on most "judge" TV shoes have to do with loaning money. It's better to treat any money loaned to friends as a gift, although it would be nice if they paid you back.
** For the majority of these cases, the agreement was only verbal and it gets hard to prove that the friend owed the other friend money when one can easily "forget" or not remember the details of the loan correctly.
▲== [[Theater]] ==
▲* The page quote from ''[[Hamlet]]'' was in the middle of a bunch of other, nonsensical, advice Polonius gave his son Laertes, implying that [[Completely Missing the Point|it was also not great advice.]]
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