And suddenly it's Sunday, 20th October, OMG

On Thursday I visited my parents - it was a very good day and always a pleasure to see them. Furthermore it was a quiet evening (my short-term memory is f*cked, so I don't really remember what I did Thursday night...).

Then came along Friday, then things suddenly things became very, very, very interesting.

I borrowed a "friend" (let's call him X) some money about a 1,5 month ago. I decided I wanted to help him, even though I had a bad experience with him in the past, and paid an invoice for him. X sent me the invoice (an invoice from his lawyer, with attachments) and I paid this invoice for him, and done was done, you think, but no. I asked him if he needed money to buy food etc. (seeing the fact that is was the start of the month and his bank account was almost € 0, my question seemed quite logical). X said no, and we went on our way. The next day I got a text from X, asking me for €. I paid X and € and added the amount to the debt. The next day I got a text again, asking me for €. So copy-paste.

Of course, I might seem a little stupid. I thought X was on the right track, so no worries then yet. I somehow had a bad feeling about this, moreover since I read the attachments of the lawyer's invoice.

I drafted a contract and asked a colleague at work (with a legal background) for help. This colleague sent me a standard version, which I filled out and sent to it X to check it and tried to make an appointment / date to have him sign the contract. Then, suddenly the communication was one way : PeeJay -> X.
I contacted the police and my legal expenses insurance. 
The police told me there is nothing they can about this case, but they advised me to send a letter asking X to pay me back my money.
My insurance company told me they don't handle cases like this.

It's no secret, I normally work at a collections agency, so I know how this kind of problem should be dealt with. I warned X several times - then I decided to send him a registered letter. The letter was signed for, so I thought X might pay. NOT.

Seeing the fact that I want to keep my "work life" and "private life" separated, I contacted another collections agency to handle my case. At the beginning of last week the procedure was started - on Friday I received an e-mail from the agency that X doesn't want pay, because he didn't get an invoice or contract.
I called the agency and they asked whether I wanted to take legal steps or not - I said yes and the procedure was immediately started.
The past weeks I sent X lots of e-mails and texts trying to offer help. He doesn't reply, so I will probably see X in court. To be continued...

Apart from this sh*t, a lot of very nice things happen - that will be in my next post ;-)

The weekend is party time, so the tunes of the day are (I post both the female and male versions) :

The female version : 

Evelyn Künneke - Evelyn Künneke - Ham Se nich nen Mann für mich?, probably 1950 (The lyrics are below the video, it's brilliant !).

https://youtu.be/6HrtQGWtSzQ?si=E0z_g-wv-XL5pfAW

The male version :

Bully Buhlan - Ham se nich 'ne Braut für mich ? (Swing Polka), Berlin 1950 :

https://youtu.be/VHNJOjQiSTE?si=Lc0TjrEHIsC4qLFu