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A FEW years ago an old friend asked if I’d lend him £3,000.
I was doing pretty well at the time and I said OK.
He promised to pay me back quickly but he never has.
Now he wants another £3,000 on top of what he owes me.
But I don’t have the money to lend him.
He’s now calling me mean and selfish and is accusing me of letting him down.
He says his business will suffer if I don’t cough up the cash.
Even his wife is taking his side – she keeps repeating that money is nothing to someone like me.
I do have a few bob, but I’m not made of money. Besides, their attitude is all wrong.
Just because I sold my company in 2012 doesn’t mean I have cash to give away – I have to think about my future, too.
MY first ever lover is pestering me for sex.
I don’t know how to get rid of him. The problem is that I don’t fancy him any more.
We were an item for four years back in the nineties.
Back then he was slim, blonde and funny. We had some crazy times and were popular with a huge crowd of mates.
Today he’s fat, bald and grumpy with a massive sense of entitlement. Just because we used to hang out together, he thinks I should slip back into his bed.
He’s suggested that I should be grateful that he’s around again.
Since we broke up (due to his family moving away) I’ve thought of him as the perfect guy.
Moron
No other man I’ve dated has ever matched up.
I regularly told my ex-partner that he wasn’t a patch on the dude who took my virginity.
But after reconnecting via social media and three boring dates, I have to concede that I’ve been looking back through my past with rose-tinted glasses.
Far from being sexy and exciting, this self-obsessed moron is a bore. And just because we slept together back in the day he feels he has every right to carry on doing so now. The other night he got miffed when I refused to book into a sleazy hotel with him.
I tried to explain that I didn’t feel ready for an intimate relationship and he actually huffed that I’m a time-waster and tease.
Now he’s texting and calling me suggesting a romantic weekend away instead. So that’s where we are now. He simply won’t take no for an answer and he’s doing my head in. He used to be sweet and thoughtful, but now he’s grumpy and I really don’t like him.
But how can I say any of that without hurting his feelings?