I kinda understand why folks get mad when you ask to be repaid. Most people who borrow money or freeload have a weird relationship with money so when they finally get a few coins they want to enjoy that feeling.

Asking for your money makes you a creditor in their eyes.

Weird thing that happened to my wife one time is a girl lived with us a for a few and promised to pay at the end of her stay when she got her stipend for graduate school. But then she slipped up and said she had to dip into her savings. Fuuuuck that. I made her pay fast as fuck. She tried to use those tears. Then she turned around and said she would stay with some close friends who were going to charge her a shit load to stay.

Haven’t heard from her since.

It’s wild how close friends charge up front but still have the friend label. The people they try to get over ok aren’t viewed as friends. More like suckers.