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Is it ever socially OK to be stingy?

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We all have that friend or friends who keep borrowing money from us. Even if you are all exposed to similar income, somehow they come to borrow Sh200 here and Sh1,000 or Sh2,000 there.

The script is usually the same; they rarely repay the money and, if they do, they will pay part of it and ‘assume’ you have forgotten about the total amount.

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