<prompt> Human: I have a friend that I have known for a while. He hasnt been a close friend or anything. Just somebody I have had some conversations with and been in mutual activities. He asked if he could borrow 35 and he would double my money the next day. Me being a nice guy and seeing he was in need, graciously accepted and gave him 35. The next day I message him asking if he was going to have enough to pay me back. I told him if he didnt have 70 today that was fine and to just pay me what he financially safe paying. Knowing he was going through a hard time I didnt want him putting himself in financial trouble trying to pay me back since it was after all, not that much money. He told me he could safely pay me 25 that day and I said that sounded great. He said he was running late that day and would message me as soon as he got there. I was only at my school till 3 so I told him to plan accordingly. I message him around 1 and asked him if he was here yet and he said he would be within the hour. Long story short he never showed and now he leaves my messages on delivered even though it shows he has opened his messenger app. Its 35 and if there is nothing I can do without causing a big legal deal about it then thats fine but what are my options?  <response>: A good rule of thumb is to never loan money that you would not be comfortable gifting to the person.You may be out of luck here. 