I completely understand how expensive it can be just to survive, let alone be able to afford an apartment and hold a job. The economy can be really tough, and there are many people who are truly struggling out there. A New York City, New York, woman really met with this realization after she paid a friend’s rent only to find out that the person wouldn’t be able to pay her back.
Now, while I completely understand why she is upset (rent in New York is by no means cheap), it’s her reasoning behind her decision and general story that confuses viewers. Maybe don’t lend money to someone you haven’t even known for seven months.
The above video was posted to the TikTok account @lavenderswan, a New Yorker named Lavender who typically posts about her everyday life, among other things. In this particular video, she shares a story about having picked up the rental tab for a friend who was experiencing homelessness and was without a job. Despite these factors, Lavender allegedly still found it best to lend this person money.
Lavender discloses that she had only met this person about six months ago, hoping to make a deep friendship since she had just moved to the city. After the person had explained that they were stressed out about not being able to pay the rent for a new apartment because their job had allegedly not paid them, that’s when Lavender stepped in with financial assistance of $1,000.
After both Lavender and her girlfriend had transferred the $1,000 to the former’s friend, that’s when things started to get really shifty.
New York Woman Shocked That Friend Won’t Pay Rent Money Back
According to Lavender, the person she had lent money to ended up losing their job, putting even further strain on their friendship. At this point, the person allegedly started moving further and further away from the friendship until finally, they stopped being friends.
The entire internet showed up in Lavender’s comments, with many truly appalled at the timeline of events, with one person saying, “I stopped listening when you said you met them in June.” Another person was a little but more stern, saying, “Loaning $1000 to a recently unhoused jobless person in which you’d had only known for less than 6 months at the time is quite the decision. Wrong for wanting the money back? No. Wrong for ever thinking you were going to get that money back? Yes.“
According to the rest of the story, Lavender did try to make amends, even attending her friend’s art show to see about commissioning a piece to lower the amount owed. Unfortunately, that did not work. No one ever deserves to lose out on that amount of money, so I can only hope that Lavender will think twice before ever doing something like that again.
