Need quick classmate visit advice! help!?

I have a project partner (that voluntarily offered to be my partner..) I thought she was a good person at first but she constantly asks people for money!...She keeps borrowing from them..including me!(and we're not even close!!)..1st she wants me to bring my $1800 laptop to school BUT our school is located near the poorest part of the country and crime rates there are through the roof!! so without a car I can't bring it...2nd! I understand why she wants me to bring it at first(i thought its for our project)...but nooo!! its for her own personal project as well!! wha?!?! I'd sacrifice my $1800 laptop to a money borrowing stranger like her??...(btw, she never pays back..as in...never)..next she wants to come to my house...but our house has lots of expensive stuff and we're kinda like..upper middle to upper class...if she finds out that i'm of a upper middle to upper class family (fairly rare in my school)..she might asks to borrow more money from me...Help!! what do i do?! I used every excuse in the book and i think she's starting to suspect! she might spread a bad rumor about me!Need quick classmate visit advice! help!?
i guess you need to tell your teacher or principal that she asks people for money and go home quick and try to do your project by yourself.Need quick classmate visit advice! help!?
NO! don't use every excuse in the world. All you have to do is tell her up front....NO you can't use my laptop, NO you can't borrow my money because you never pay me back. Tell her the truth, and tell her that she is really immature if she starts a rumor about you. because you know it's not true. Ask her what's up with her...
Talk to your teacher and tell them how you feel and ask if you can switch partners or do the project on your own. Don't let her borrow your laptop and if she is spreading rumors then ignore them, don't let them get to you otherwise she will keep doing it.
Tell her as long as she still owes anyone money, you are not going to lend any to her because there is no guarantee she'll pay back. Your laptop stays at home.
I loved school but have now realised how much stuff went on that sounded just like this. In a few years you won't even remember this person and even if she does spreada rumor about you, the people who are your real friends will know its not true.


You need to get out of doing the assignment with her, either by you pulling out or somehow getting her to pull out. I know its not liked in schools but if you could discreetly ask the teacher to swap her with someone. If this is happening to you, it will be happening to others and the teachers will know to use discretion in handling the situation.
If you really want to avoid confrontation (although I agree with the posters who suggested being up front with her), you can tell her that you asked your parents and they said you absolutely could not take your laptop to school. That's pretty definitive without any confrontation.





As for the borrowing money dilemma, did you ever read the story about the Mouse and the Cookie? The more you give it to her the more she'll ask. Again, being honest is the best way to discover if she's your friend or merely a mooch. But, you could say that your parents suspended your allowance because you missed doing your chores (or, insert other random excuse). That way, you have no money to give!





But, one day, you'll need to be honest with her. She seems like the type of person to borrow your car and return it to you on a tow truck. Be careful...