Should I or shouldn't I??

[Kayaker72]

This may sound a little odd, but if your friend is a genuine good person, I highly recommend that you do it. My only hesitation is that I think you should just do an assessment of the person themselves and their motivations. If that is all good and there are no strings attached (other than the obvious repayment). Do it. A quick guess, but this is likely a very good person that can afford to put some "good out there." Let them put good out there and you never know what is going to come back around.

[ddt0725]

This may sound a little odd, but if your friend is a genuine good person, I highly recommend that you do it. My only hesitation is that I think you should just do an assessment of the person themselves and their motivations. If that is all good and there are no strings attached (other than the obvious repayment). Do it. A quick guess, but this is likely a very good person that can afford to put some "good out there." Let them put good out there and you never know what is going to come back around.

No, there are definitely no strings attached! He was my boss for 18 yrs. and a very dear friend! I quit the company we worked for about 6 yrs. ago and recently got laid off from the company I went to work for afterwards. Since the two companies did business together, we just always stayed in touch and he would call every now and then to see how I am doing or to buy me lunch. He is extremely well set financially and I am confident that this is just someone trying to help a friend out without making it look like charity. I think he is also trying to find a way to build my confidence back in me. At my age when you get laid off and can't find work, it gets to be about alot more than just the job that's lost.

Another point that I was just thinking about though ...it isn't good to mix business with friendship anyway.