<prompt> Human: First Id like to specify Im a freshman in college and have already paid for my housing and meal plan for the year so I dont have to buy food or pay rent in this time. My main expense will be gas obviously to get to and from work 45m round trip. I will also need 50-100 to buy work clothes and some things for my job. I could easily stretch 200-300 over the three weeks. Whats my best option? Ask for loan from familyfriends, credit card, online loan, some other source of money? Sorry if this isnt the right sub.Assistant: Family loans are often the best. Human: I would disagree about the often part, but for such a small amount of money, this seems to be a good option.Assistant: Yeah often is the problem. Ive been asking mt dad for petty cash throughout the semester so far for things like gas, cases of water, and clothes and although it doesnt total up to that much I dont feel comfortable going to him for 200 at this point in time because of the frequency of my requests.  <response>: Theres a difference between: -Dad loan me a 100 bucks that you may or may not get back at some point so i can buy beer and: -Dad I just got a job and my first paycheck will be in 3 weeks, can you float me to get work clothes and gas to get there until I get the first paycheck? 