taking on the reverse dead-beat

I know we may be harping on this a bit but it really needs to be said... when a friend lends a friend money there is an unsaid bond that happens between the friends

 

on is that the debt will be repayed quickly, without hassle and without fuss.   The other is that when the debt is repaid it will be never be done in a place like a casino, horse-track or strip-club.  The only thing possibly worse than a dead-beat friend is one who is in a haste to repay you even when the situation doesn't lend itself to it

 

last week we hit one of NYC finest gentleman's club's establishments for the celebration of the last day of bachelor(ette) hood for a good friend.     We spent 3 hours getting hammered at a Mexican place and some terrible bar before we embarked upon the night's true festivities.    As we stand outside, one of my friends has some difficulty with his ATM card, he calls the customer service chick and apparently there was some glitch in the system because his account is set up in another state.  Obviously this is idiotic as this is exactly the purpose of an ATM system but at midnight on a Saturday there is almost nothing that can be done.    So I step in as the superhero friend (or the one who was sick of waiting) and take out a couple of hundred bucks and drop it in my buddy's lap with the instructions 'give it back to me next week'   

fast forward 3 hours and 2 shots and 4 gin-and-tonics later, he stumbled up to me and gives me $200 and says thanks for helping him out but he was able to figure his ATM thing out.  

 

well thanks AHOLE..  you now gave me $200 more than I had originally allotted myself and at a place like FD's you cannot be expected to show any restraint.  

 

So when I wake up the next morning and find $54 in my pocket, I'm actually quite pleased....not until two days later do I realize that this still meant I spent $143 more than I originally set out to