Cat fur, childhood favourites & cooling vests – this week's MSE Forum highlights
This week on the MSE Forum we've got a heady mix of nostalgia, holiday planning and home improvements.
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Money Moral Dilemma
Every week, the Money Tips email features a real-life Money Moral Dilemma (MMD for short). They're intended to encourage debate and, as such, they're usually among the most discussed threads each week.
I loaned my friend £1,000 and she isn't paying it back - what should I do?
I've often loaned my friend money when she's been short, and she's always paid me back over a few months. This time, she borrowed £1,000 - but two weeks later, she asked if she could pay me £20 a month. I have a deteriorating medical condition, and this may be my final year - which she knows, so she must realise it'd take over four years to pay back and that I might not live to see it. I told her I was upset and felt used, and she paid me £50, but there's been no word and no more money since. My daughter thinks I should write it off for the sake of my mental health, but a friend thinks I should tell her husband, who doesn't know about the loans, to try and get it back from him. What would you do?
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Photo of the week
Farway posted this snap of a rainbow on the cooking for one thread, along with an update on the progress of their home-grown tomatoes.
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Latest comping wins
LizB62 has won a pair of tickets to see Elvis Costello and sarah250187 has shared a run-down of their five big wins during August.
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Your two cents
Last weekend I was in a charity shop and was surprised to see bottles of Lidl tomato ketchup on sale at twice the original price. That led me to ask: what's the strangest thing you've seen for sale in a charity shop?
I enjoyed the reply from one MoneySaver on Facebook who told us about their struggle to reclaim their daughter's lunch box: "She left it there when we popped in on the way home. I went back the next day. It was on the shelf with a price sticker on. I said it was my daughter's and that we'd accidentally left it, the woman was very dubious and thought I was trying it on. I opened it, and the remains of her lunch were still inside 
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