SON OF A *****!!!Follow

Well if you look at it like that. That's quite different from what I perceived BT's story to encompass. There is a difference between giving $40 to a real friend vs. $40 to a guy who you smoke pot with who is a freeloader. Big difference.

I swear to Bob I'm not Eld's sock.

This is why Flea & I share a bed

Your parents are obviously bad people for raising a whiny little bitCh like you. If it really means that much to you then kill yourself, that'd show 'em.

It's easy to say I'd be generous but that's how I'd like to think I would handle it. I'd probably be more likely, however, to give my money away in the form of an expensive dinner and covering any expenses for the night than in just peeling off a couple of bills.

Really, that's the most I'd hope for from someone who borrowed money from me as well. As long as we're talking about "real friends", I'd be happier remembering "that time we went to the casino and you won and we blew like $250 on those steaks and drinks all night" than "the night you won and gave me $250 in cash".

Hey, I need to get in to this no lose gambling lending business. I lend you money, if you lose you pay me back, if you win you pay me half your winnings! Deal?

Basically, if when you lent the £40, you set the expectation that you wanted the money back whenever he could pay, then the £40 is HIS money in its entirity, and you have absolutley no claim over the winnings. If on the other hand, you set the expectation that the £40 was a gift then a good friend should always offer half of the winnings, or you should agree that up front.

Oh there was no expectation that he would pay me back if he lost, but on the same note, we never discussed what would transpire if he won, either. I just thought it was taken for granted in polite society that the fifty percent custom was in play. Just like spitting on it before penetration, it's just the right thing to do, in my book.

About 7 years ago some friends decided to go to a nearby casino. I wasn't expecting to go with them until the last minute and only had $8 on me. At the end of the night I had ended up walking out of the casino with over $20,000. I was told it was only proper to give up half the cash I won to my friends since they paid for the gas ride up there. I had already given them $500 and felt that was more than enough for the ride, it's not like I borrowed any money from them to play on.

Some people are just greedy.

What did you play to win that?

"Give 400 Gamblers **** for $50 each"

He walked out with $20,008

The original poster is a bleading cnut, requiring no further discussion.

BT - If you didn't talk about it up front, tough sh;t. I bankrolled quite a few blackjack runs in my day, anywhere from $500 to $5000, and every one of them started with the discussion of my cut on a winning night. I never care about an early cash out on a winning streak, but if I gave a guy a grand he knew how much he would need to win to pay me out and keep playing. I never gave a sh;t about losing what I rolled, but I have cut people out of my life for welching. Any man not man enough to cover a debt is not worth having as a friend or acquaintance.

The whole point of moving out of your parent's house is to be on your own. How is their paying your debt being on your own? If you was my kid I wouldn't give you a dime either. I might buy some nice gifts for christmas but that's as far as it would go. You need to learn some responsibility and get out of debt on your own not lean back on your parents because it isn't their debt it's yours. Get out of debt and move out, that's about the only thing that will show your parents that you are responsible enough to make it on your own. How do you expect to live on your own if you can't hack it living with them? Grow up and grow out.