will you lend me fifty dollars? i'll pay it right back."the saying goes: lend money to a friend and you lose the money and the friend. it may be a simple matter of a friend asking you to pay for a sandwich because he or she forgot to bring money. or it could be you pay for your friend's bus fare because all you friend has is a large bill. or you may lend larger amounts of money. here is what some people have to say about this sensitive issue.