
There’s something almost heroic about wanting to help someone in need. You hear their situation, you see their stress, and your instinct says, “I can fix this.” But money has a strange way of twisting relationships into knots, especially when the person you’re trying to help sees your generosity as a resource instead of a gesture.
Lending money can turn trust into tension, and love into resentment, faster than almost anything else. To protect your peace (and your bank account), here are 15 types of people you should avoid lending money to, even if the relationship feels unbreakable.