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 fire because all your 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.