>be me
>was kinda popular in HS
>our friend group had an orbiter and we all stuck around after graduation
>now in college
>orbiter has gotten closer with some members of the friend group I guess
>he gets on my nerves because he can’t just find his own group
>last week he texts me
>“hey man do you wanna grab lunch together? I’m buying”
>think he’s just trying to suck up to me
>say sure but blow him off
>he texts me again a couple days later
>“we can just grab a beer if you want, I just wanna catch up”
>why wont this guy take the hint
>just leave him on read
>ffw like two weeks
>find out from my friends that he asked each of us individually if we wanted to grab dinner
>everybody else said yes
>find out he got a big inheritance and gave each of them around $1000
>his “best friend” he bought a new phone and gave him $4000 for tuition
guys i fucked up bad. 1000 dollars would unironically change my life right now
Even then it doesn’t really change anything. He might be back to 0 debt for a moment, but one bad event (broken phone, medical emergency, car accident…) is all it takes for the debt to pile back up.
It gives them a fighting chance to build an emergency fund before the next emergency versus ending up drowning in interest on the current debt.