How do you deal with a friend asking for money?
I’ll repeat an answer I just gave now: Right now, today, we’re suing a man - he used to be a great friend of my father of the old, old times - that a decade ago asked my father to lend him 50 grant, twice - so a hundred grant in total. He was a GREAT friend. A wealthy enough man too. But he just “forgot” to pay it back. And as time passed, he was being less of a good friend. Soon, his wife started disliking my dad - no reason. Then he stopped showing up. Now, you don’t want to know how the thing is. Really. So we’re suing. There’s no more friendship.I know much about life. Not nearly everything one needs to live in the best way possible - but a lot. One of the things is “JUST LEND SOMETHING YOU’D GIVE.” Another one is “PEOPLE HATE TO OWE”. There’s also “EVERYONE HATES THE ONE THEY OWE SOMETHING TO.” It’s human nature. Remember these if you wanna profit from other’s experiences.This brings us back to grandpa. He was a very wealthy man - owned many apartment buildings, important companies and the land of a strategic hill in this city. Nowadays he’s a broke old man who owns nothing more than a small house in the country side. THAT’S CAUSE HE MIXED DOING BUSINESS WITH TRUSTING FRIENDS. ‘Nuff said, I hope. Only a few years ago he finally quit his very real plan to physically exterminate the ones who betrayed him so disgustingly and robbed him of everything he had - including his sanity for many years, and much of his self-dignity. And as soon as he did, they all died in months, one so guilty that he wouldn't die until he received my grandpa's forgiveness. And when he did, guy died squeezing my grandpa's hand. Funny how things work.I much rather saying ‘no’ than losing a friend, getting an enemy, losing cash AND face. Do you not? Not to mention true, worthy friends have a 0,0000000001% chance of ever asking for any money in a lifetime.The fastest route to lose a friend and gain an enemy is by lending.
How is money on game shows like deal or no deal is taken out for taxes?, if you win 100,000..how much is left?
I believe it gets taxed as Gift Tax - 50%. Best case is 28-34% depending on what income bracket you get thrown in. I think along the same lines when I see that... like when the Indian girl had $199,000 offered and the same amount in student loans to pay off. I'm not sure if NBC withholds the taxes or leaves it up to the contestant to pay later. If the later, be sure to make quarterly payments - otherwise you could end up with owing interest and penalties even if paid by 4/15. ---- Check out this link: and just imagine if the prize is not cash (such as a house or car) and you have to pay taxes in cash. I wonder how many people who win cars actually end up keeping them. http://www.fool.com/taxes/2002/taxes0209... ---- Another interesting tid-bit... whenever game shows have prizes, I don't think they actually own the items. Instead, they take out an insurance policy "in case" the contestant wins. That can be done alone or in conjunction with the sponsor of the product (e.g. General Motors).
How much money do the deal or no deal models make?
I actually know this. I've seen interviews from them before. They make 6 figures a year. For only working a few days a month for 3-4 months a year. So essentially, they're making 100k+ for a single months worth of work (if you were to combine all the days they worked in the year, it would be about a month long.) Lucky b*tches....
What's the best way to deal with my parents asking to borrow money from me?
I honestly don't think that anyone can answer this for you. What I would say is this, reverse the situation, put yourself in their position and them in yours.Imagine that they have the ability to help you, that you are struggling and that you have asked them to help you. (and also appreciate how difficult it must have been to do that - to put yourself in the position where you have to 'fess' up the extent of your financial troubles, leaving yourself open to being judged or criticised)What would YOU want THEM to do if they have the ability to help.I realise I am no financial expert, I am merely an Emergency Department person but over the years, I have come to appreciate that our family ties are very important, whatever you do will impact forever on the relationship between you and your family, try and make the decision which will lead you to have the least 'angst' in the future.'The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family. 'Lee Iacocca
How do u deal with a money hungry girlfriend ?
stop giving her money and tell her you wanna go dutch once and a while if she dumps you shes just a *****
How do people deal with losing huge sums of money?
Question being answered: How do people deal with losing huge sums of money?I don't. I simply view money in the same light as every other material thing life consists of (including our bodies) - a transient occurrence.So long as I have a roof over my head and the basic necessities met (enough food not to go hungry, clean water and decent clothes), I generally find that fretting over lost money serves me no purpose.And what serves me no purpose, is in short a waste of my time and therefore I do not engage in that activity (in this case "dealing with losing huge sums of money").This does not discount the fact that, as with any such great material loss (eg. losing house/car/job/laptop/phone/etc), there will inevitably be a sense of disappointment and loss. However, I am careful not to indulge such sentiments as more that minimally necessary - precisely because disappointment and grief for the loss of something once owned, bring no benefit to my present.If however, I can think of a logical way to recover that loss (eg. filing a likely-to-be-successful law suit for damages, insurance compensation, etc.), then and only then do I engage in thinking about any material object I have lost.Thank you for the A2A and for reading.
How do I deal with parents asking for money upon news of my windfall?
Figure out what you think is the real tab that you owe your parents. Disregard things they spent to raise and educate you, since those are things every parent should do for their children.If you can afford it, give them the figure you came up with. If you can't, develop a payment plan. Sit down with them and tell them what you came up with and your plan to repay them. If they accept it, then you're on good ground with them and can continue a fairly decent relationship.If they refuse your offer and want much more, then tell them they are being selfish and don't deserve to have you for a son. Ask them if they would prefer the money or to have you as a son, they can have one or the other, but not both. If they truly love you as their offspring, they should be happy with whatever you come up with. If they care more about the money, then they are not the kind of people you want your children exposed to, and let them know that.Of course, all this assumes that you've been a good son, one who's been around to help his parents in times of need.