ruined friendships

Blowing up someone's phone isn't cool at the best of times; it's even less cool to do with Venmo requests for "shared expenses." If you have a friend that's constantly sending you Venmo requests for things that you didn't consent to buy, that's not friendship—that's financial abuse.

Imagine the trust it would take to give someone your credit card, only for them to rack up $3,700 in credit card debt, then refuse to pay it off. It could affect your entire financial future, and it needs to be remedied. Let's explore your options if you trusted your roommate with your credit card and they burned you like this.

It’s a gut punch to lend money to a friend in good faith, only to have them treat themselves first when they come into some money. How do you handle the situation?