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> There is a very strong individualist streak in American culture and a very strong taboo against lending friends or family members money For friends and exten
by mrep 8y ago
> There is a very strong individualist streak in American culture and a very strong taboo against lending friends or family members money
For friends and extended family, I agree. However, most people I know have borrowed from their parents for things like their first car or the downpayment on their first house if they need to. Is that not normal?
- whatshisface 8y agoIn including "circumstances of birth," the parent is implicitly making a division between friends/near family and immediate blood family. Americans usually are willing to help out their direct descendants, often willing to help out their parents and grandparents, and rarely if ever willing to loan money to a nephew or college buddy (more than $50). The reasoning behind this is that business relationships can become incredibly sour, and "never seeing them again" is a pressure release that exists among strangers in New York but not among close family or best friends.