out of money. wtf to do

[Deleted]

I am currently newly unemployed, and just recieved my last, smaller than usual paycheck.
ive got a unemployment insurence, but it wont kick in until next month.

Due to my last paycheck being smaller and, me using my saving for a new computer, for school, i wont have enough money to cover my bills.

My rent is covered.
but i got a 220 Dollars internet bill due.
also i owe a friend about 200dollars, and he needs it as fast as possible, because he apperently owes money to badish people.
i dont really know what to do. I got around 150-200 dollars for food, this month, and that is with the internet bill and friend left unpaied.


My friend insists i sell the computer i bought for starting school in a few months, to repay him his 200.-
I told my friend im not going to sell the computer. because i dont think thats an reasonable way to go. having been a student before, i know how to live small foodwise, and told my friend i could give him, about 100.- this month. but he did not think it reasonable.

My bank ofcouse wont touch me, due to the unemployment issue, so they just keep telling me to make deals with my creditors.
I think breaking the internet bill up over a few installments is possible. so it all really boils down to, how do i handle my friend.

[Sunseeker]

Unless you signed a legally binding contract with your friend, he can shove off. You can pay him back whenever you damn well please or heck, don't even have to.

[Reeve]

Look for a job. Let the friend stew for a while. If he can't understand you're in financial straits right now, he's not being a very good friend. Sell something if you can. Let the internet bill wait. You can survive without internet for a while. Hell, I went for 2 years without internet when I was in college. Find an odd job you can do for some quick cash.

[champ3000]

he owes money to "baddish people" lol.. i think your friend can wait..

[Twoflower]

Unless you signed a legally binding contract with your friend, he can shove off. You can pay him back whenever you damn well please or heck, don't even have to.

Yeah, that's how real friends behave I tell mine to shove off all the time, they like that.

o.O


But yeah, he will have to wait a month or so.

[Demona3]

School is more important and if you bought that computer for school, tell your friend he can wait. Try to find a temp job, they suck, but hey, its money. Don't sell your computer.

[Jimmybob117]

The friend can wait imho, and you say you're saving for a computer? Yeah if things get bad, dip into that money. Otherwise just look for a job and hope, and eat cheaply. Save money wherever you can. But yeah, the friend can wait.

[Pendulous]

Got anything else you can sell? Game console, trading cards, etc?

[Jackmoves]

What kind of internet bill is that, is it for a full year or something?

[Braggia]

Lol at all of the people saying that you should tell your friend to shove off. When you needed money, he gave it to you.

You owe him $200. If he needs it now, you give it to him. If you have to sell some of your stuff to make it happen, do it.

Sad that you (and most of the people giving you advice) are putting a computer ahead of your "friend".

[Deleted]

Sell the computer, pay your friend and your internet bill. If you have any money left over buy a cheaper computer for school, if it's just for school it hardly needs to be a beast of a machine.

[Reeve]

It's your education ahead of the temporary needs of a guy who was silly enough to borrow from "baddish people." The friend can scrimp to try to pay off his stuff just as easily as the OP can, and it means the OP is actually prepared for school.

The real thing here is that you should never borrow money from friends in the first place.

And again, forget the internet bill. The internet company can absorb that hit for a while, and you don't need internet to go to school. You do need a computer.

[openair]

Lol at all of the people saying that you should tell your friend to shove off. When you needed money, he gave it to you.

You owe him $200. If he needs it now, you give it to him. If you have to sell some of your stuff to make it happen, do it.

Sad that you (and most of the people giving you advice) are putting a computer ahead of your "friend".

This. If you tell your friend to shove off and wait, dont expect him to lend you $200 or anything ever again... I know damn well if any of mine friends spent money on a computer while oweing me money, and then couldn't pay that money back, they wouldn't be friends for much longer.

[Purlina]

If your friend owes money to baddish people, you don't tell him to shove off.

WTF is wrong with everyone....?

[Deleted]

the internet bill contains 6 month of the smallest internet package, the smallest tv package, and a unlimitedSMS phone plan.

I dont want to ditch my friend. But also i dont entirely like the lack of empati about my current situation. The ones he owes money to, want to add more money to his debt because he is paying to slow or to little or something.

[Youvegotfail]

People always like to blame being unemployed on the economy. I've never seen a McDonalds that isn't hiring...it may not be the perfect solution, but you can make 200 bucks in a week at least

[Deleted]

Openair. The loan was for the most part, to get a powersupply and dvd drive for the computer.

weird it says my first reply needs to be checked by a mod 0.o

[Bathory]

Don't borrow money if you can't repay it. Hell, don't borrow money in the first place.

[openair]

Openair. The loan was for the most part, to get a powersupply and dvd drive for the computer.

Then return the PSU and dvd...

[chadwix]

You paid $200 for a ps and a dvd drive? Id be pretty mad if i were your friend.