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Language school classmate doesn’t return money

  • August 26, 2025

What should I do? The sum is just 25000 yen, but he lied before about the reasons he couldn't return, and keeps creating new excuses. Can I report him to school? In this case what school can do?

by OpinionGlittering748

9 comments

  1. You tell everyone who’ll listen, never give money to this person again, and move on. 

  2. Do you have proof you gave him money?

    Lesson is never give anyone money. Maybe talk to the school but you are all adults so I’m not sure what they can do

  4. You can’t report him to the police as it is clearly a civil matter.

    Unfortunately as others have said the best you can probably do is make others aware of the situation. Chances are you won’t get your money back and it’s such a small sum that it isn’t worth it to pursue legally.

  5. Like workplace; don’t trust everybody in language school. They are not your friends. Treat them like you would do with colleagues. I don’t mean you should be an asshole but be very careful. I am even more careful in language school then in workplace to be honest.

  6. I think this is a lesson most people go through at some point in life, in the grand scheme of things 2.5man is not a huge price to pay to learn that (mine was double that lol).

    Don’t give money to anybody if you need the money back. In a perfect world you help others, and they should feel pressured to do the good thing and give it back.

    But the truth is that the kind of people who ask for money, are often the kind of people who don’t feel that pressure.

    There’s nothing you can do outside keep pushing (maybe he’ll actually give it back at some point), and/or talk shit about him to anyone who listens.

    The school has nothing to do with it.

  7. Take it as a lesson to never loan money to anyone again and move on. Nothing you can legally do about it.

  8. You made a choice to trust someone and lend them money. Him returning it is part of a social contract and he can’t uphold his end of that social contract, then you just cut your ties and move on. It’s no one else’s responsibility except yours. Good life lesson to learn.

  9. Nothing. That’s a small amount for a hard lesson to learn. Don’t give money out to anyone unless it’s money you’re willing to part with/lose anyways.

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