A close family member borrows money and doesn’t pay you back for months. How do you handle it?

I don’t lend people money. If I have money to give and want to give it I will as a gift. Expecting to get money back from people is very often what ends relationships.

exactly this!!

Same as above. My grandma always told me only give money if you're happy not getting it back

This has only happened to me once because I helped pay my MILs bail money and never got it back it’s been over a year in just counting it as a gift atp but never borrowing again😅

A thousand dollars tho. Kinda pissed still 😂

i had to let my mom borrow $4k from my savings 3 years ago🥲but we talked about when she would pay me back beforehand and i’m not expecting it back until i need to move out, i definitely expect to get it back eventually though. when i was a kid she had me and my siblings do a yard sale and sell our things and then asked to borrow the money😬never saw it again. i wont lend money to anyone unless i’m either fine with them keeping it, or i’m comfortable bugging them until i get it back and i’ll definitely let them know which one it will be before i give it to them.

We live by this….if you’re going to give someone money, make sure you are ok with losing that money.

I just let it go after a certain period of time. But I don’t lend money to people often. I don’t have money to lend lol

Have an honest conversation with them.

I don't loan money I can't afford not get back.

But if I loan you money we will already have had a discussion on when I can expect to be paid back. If payment plans are needed, fine. Now, if they're just choosing not to pay me back because they're spending their money on other shit then yeah, id have a conversation with them. I'd also never loan them money again.

I think depending on how much it is depends on how I’d handle it