# I gave my credit card to my "best friend" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515 "2018-09-18T04:14:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![T-Minus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T-Minus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Minus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/1 "2018-09-18T04:14:35Z")
So my neighbor “best friend” texts me and asks me for money. I said I had none, they said it was an emergency and asked if I had a card. I hesitated for a moment but said “yes”. After an hour and a half of talking about it. I was convinced they were “trust worthy” enough. They promised only to take 5-10 dollars. They returned the card 10 minutes later and took out 60 dollars. I wasn’t over drafted but I was so incredibly mad. Told my family, got a lecture, lay downed depressed for 7 hours straight. We all decided to drop it and just learn our lesson. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/2 "2018-09-18T04:28:45Z")
:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/3 "2018-09-18T04:31:55Z")
Did you actually have cash on you at the time that you could have loaned them instead of the card? If so, :o And what kind of best friend has to argue for 90min to convince _their_ best friend for five dollars in an emergency? How old are you? And what did this person say upon returning the card, knowing they had withdrawn more than promised? Are you planning on getting the $60 back? ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/4 "2018-09-18T04:41:23Z")
Just think: they will _never_ be able to ask you for _anything_. No gas for the lawnmower, no milk money, no any money for any reason nor physical help of any kind (no moving, no putting up a fence (unless you want that fence) nor snow blowing or chopping up a windblown tree). Which means for the low, low price of $60 and a few hours to realize you are FREE!! Never to have to help them again. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![T-Minus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T-Minus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Minus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/5 "2018-09-18T04:45:04Z")
I didn’t have cash at the time of them borrowing it. They have borrowed money in the past (but it was cash). I am 29 and they were 22; they didn’t say much after returning the card. There is no way I am getting that 60$ they couldn’t pay me the last 20$ I loaned them. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/6 "2018-09-18T04:47:36Z")
> [@T-Minus](#): > > There is no way I am getting that 60$ they couldn’t pay me the last 20$ I loaned them. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/7 "2018-09-18T04:50:36Z")
Yeah, I was with him right up till that last line. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/8 "2018-09-18T04:52:06Z")
What would worry me the most is that he could have written down your CC information from the card and now can use it for online purchases whenever he wants. ---
**Author:** ![T-Minus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T-Minus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Minus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/9 "2018-09-18T04:53:42Z")
Nah, I canceled the card and getting a new one in the mail. Canceled it like right away so they cannot do anything with that information. I wouldn’t lie if I said I wasn’t bewitched by her good looks. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/10 "2018-09-18T05:04:54Z")
> [@Hi\_Neighbor](#): > > What would worry me the most is that he could have written down your CC information from the card and now can use it for online purchases whenever he wants. Eerie coincidence on your username. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/11 "2018-09-18T05:06:29Z")
> [@T-Minus](#): > > Nah, I canceled the card and getting a new one in the mail. Canceled it like right away so they cannot do anything with that information. > > I wouldn’t lie if I said I wasn’t bewitched by her good looks. Did she give you any indication of what the nature of her “emergency” was? And why did you refer to her as your best friend? Even using scare quotes? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/12 "2018-09-18T05:12:11Z")
If there is a next time, withdrawn the cash for her. Or purchase what she needs for her. Or just tell her no. ---
**Author:** ![T-Minus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T-Minus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Minus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/13 "2018-09-18T05:14:41Z")
She said it was for medications. She refereed to me as her best friend after I helped her out a a few times. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/14 "2018-09-18T05:15:00Z")
Or, OR at least ask for a share of the drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/15 "2018-09-18T05:16:30Z")
> [@T-Minus](#): > > Nah, I canceled the card and getting a new one in the mail. Canceled it like right away so they cannot do anything with that information. > > I wouldn’t lie if I said I wasn’t bewitched by her good looks. Ho-ly crap. Dude? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/16 "2018-09-18T05:16:53Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > If there is a next time, withdrawn the cash for her. Or purchase what she needs for her. Or just tell her no. No, no, no. Continue to show her you are they for her when she really needs help. If you keep showing her what a nice guy you are and how different you are from all those assholes who just have one thing on their minds, if you _keep_ doing it for long enough, sooner or later the girl is yours. That’s how it works. Buy her stuff. Listen to her complain about guys. Comfort her. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/17 "2018-09-18T05:21:15Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Fool me once, shame on you. > > Fool me twice… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eKgPY1adc0A/hqdefault.jpg "Bush "Fool Me Once..."") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgPY1adc0A) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/18 "2018-09-18T05:23:48Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > No, no, no. Continue to show her you are they for her when she really needs help. If you keep showing her what a nice guy you are and how different you are from all those assholes who just have one thing on their minds, if you _keep_ doing it for long enough, sooner or later the girl is yours. That’s how it works. Buy her stuff. Listen to her complain about guys. Comfort her. Dude, didn’t you get spanked for something like this a week ago? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![T-Minus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T-Minus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Minus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/19 "2018-09-18T05:23:53Z")
Probably what she spent it on, wouldn’t be surprised. I am not quiet sure how she will look at me again, especially since she is just across the street from me. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515/20 "2018-09-18T06:23:27Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Dude, didn’t you get spanked for something like this a week ago? 😉 Something like what? Be more specific, I’m getting old. ETA: oh do you mean the whole "ethiopian new year"and leo bloom and his dog swallowing a bone, etc? That was genuinely not snark. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-my-credit-card-to-my-best-friend/821515.md?page=2)