<prompt> Human: Back in November, a coworker of mine had come to me with financial issues and asked to borrow money. Seeing that he had a pretty good SOB story, and makes about the same amount that I do, I was like okay, sure, 900. Please pay it back by the end of the month. End of the Month Comes by and he pays it off. Cool! December rolls through, He comes back, Needs 2500 for more financial issues. I was very hesitant, He says hell be able to pay it back by the next 2 months. Takes me a few days, Im like okay. Heres 2500, please pay it back by February. January rolls through, not a penny to be seen. We get our bonus, SOB story ensues, he had to pay off some debts with it. February comes through, Not a penny but he comes back asking for 900 more, this time with a huge SOB story that is very near my other coworkers that I dont want to know whats going on. He almost gets down on his knees pleading. Im extremely uneasy at this point and say yes as long as he starts paying back paycheck by pay check at a pretty convenient amount per paycheck. we make a promissory note to make sure he starts paying back. March rolls by im starting to sweat that im never going to get my money back, I only see one payment with half the amount that was agreed upon for the month. Im really fucking starting to get pissed now. This month of April, He comes back with another SOB story that hes going to get evicted and have to pay huge fines, and cant pay rent for another home. Needs another 2500. Now Im really fucking sweating. I dont want to help this guy anymore, But if i dont, im afraid ill never get the money back im extremely frustrated. Just another example of why not to loan money to anybody you know. Theyll play with your head till you feel that their lifes problems are your problem too. Which is the case. Please give me some advice. Im completely lost on what to do.  <response>: Threaten to take him to court, from my understanding you hopefully have a signed note of how much he should pay back. 