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Originally Posted by thespian86
Here is one:
On my 13th birthday my parents got me a therapist so "I'd have someone to talk to about me".
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This is at once tragic and hilarious.
Probably less so when it's your childhood.
Regarding the subject at hand, I subscribe to a model similar to Cynthetiq's; I consider a person's actions as a borrower to be a great way of determining character. If I lend someone money, I consider that money to be gone and don't count on getting it back. That way I don't have to worry about being disappointed, and can only be pleasantly surprised.
It took me a long time to figure out that my view of money as simply a means to an end is out of the ordinary. I have no desire to amass money for it's own sake. It's only as good as what it gets me. Sometimes what it gets me is simple gratitude and/or goodwill.
I can't say I've never borrowed money, but I avoid it unless or until I have no other alternatives and I pay it back in the fastest way feasible.