Comments on: Friendships Borne of a Transactional Relationship

By: Blogging News & Updates | Well-Heeled, with a mission

Blogging News & Updates | Well-Heeled, with a mission — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:42:06 +0000

[...] of Personal Finance is up at Fabulously Broke! My post Friendships Borne of a Transactional Relationship (when you should leave money out of it?) is [...]

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Carnival of Personal Finance Edition #227 | Fabulously Broke in the City — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:04:35 +0000

[...] turns my relationship with them from being a daughter with her parents into a friendly landlord-like transactional one (Well-Heeled), and I do admit to using one of the 9 ways listed to knock the socks off my [...]

By: FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com

FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:11:54 +0000

Wow. What a fabulous landlord. I definitely wouldn’t take advantage of that relationship.

It can be difficult to judge accurately when you should leave money out of situations, but I think Investing Newbie hit it on the head — it depends on the long run potential of your relationship, and all the other factors that will help you make the correct decision.

By: Investing Newbie

Investing Newbie — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:36:28 +0000

That is great foresight on your behalf to know when to leave money out of things. Money just has that way of muddying perfectly sound situations, and it is more important, in the Long Run, to keep both the transactional and non-transactional forms of your relationship, in the clear.

By: OneGirl

OneGirl — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:55:51 +0000

I agree. The offer is sufficient. I wouldn’t give him a receipt for the groceries. It’s awesome that you have such a nice relationship with your landlord. All I ask as a landlord is that the tenants pay me on time and don’t call. HA!

By: Katie C.

Katie C. — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:30:50 +0000

I wouldn’t have taken advantage of it either… Unless it was the landlord’s fault that my groceries spoiled. Where I live, there are a lot of trees. The tiniest bit of wind, and you’ve got a tree falling into a transformer. But I would never blame my landlord for that kind of inconvenience. She can’t control the weather. Because it was your kitchen that caused the food to spoil – a kitchen stoked with appliances bought by your landlord and maintained by your landlord – I’d consider the offer necessary. As in, it was right of your landlord to offer to replace the food. You shouldn’t be embarrassed about asking the landlady for food either. One sandwich doesn’t equal $30 worth of groceries. It’s the least they could do.

By: LA Daze

LA Daze — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:57:39 +0000

You have a great landlord! I also wouldn’t take advantage of it – simply offering to reimburse you for groceries is sufficient. The sad truth is that there aren’t that many nice people out there anymore. People think of themselves too much and don’t seem to care about the general well being of others. It’s rather bothersome to me. Posts like this are extremely refreshing!