When my best friend Kyle begged for $6,400 to replace his totaled car, I didn’t hesitate. He said he’d lose both his jobs without it, and I believed him. That money was all I had—my escape fund from a moldy basement apartment—but friendship mattered more. “Three months,” he swore. “I’ll pay you back in full.”…
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