I live on campus with a meal plan. My friend hints a lot that she wants me to buy her lunch. What can I say?

Diablo has a good answer..

Or you could ask her if there is any way she can get her parents to provide, she got to college somehow, right???

Or she can go grocery shopping and stock up on peanut butter and jelly.

This is a tough one, really... the tight budget sounds like the best answer.

Wow... A friend in need, a complainer, or just a mooch.

I remember at my school that there were a lot of girls that didn't eat much off the meal plan they had purchased from the residence hall. They ended up selling meals for about a dollar / meal credit. It was great for someone like me who ended up not buying enough, but it always was at the end of the term when the girls knew they were not going to be able to make use out of the meal plan. It was a use it or loose deal so sell-em cheap or miss out all together. There was usually a post on a wall with contact info price and amount of meals selling. Maybe your school works similarly to this and you can tell her about it. Much of the time the cashiers at the lunch line will know how to find the folks selling meal tickets.

You or your parents are the ones paying for your school and your food. If they are paying they probably wouldn't appreciate it if they found out you were simply giving up the hard earned dollars they are forking out to make sure you are properly taken care of. I know it is hard to tell your friend this because she will simply think your parents won't find out anyways.

It is a tough call, but if calculate how many meals you have and if you have a lot of extras that you can't get back buy your friend a bite to eat, but on the other hand if you are tied to only so much to get you through - - than you simply have to tell her that you will run out if you don't stick to the budget.

Wondering weather to give is always a tough call, but I say if you can give than you should. Even if the person doesn't deserve it you will have God smiling down on you and that really is the bigger picture.

Welcome to the world of being a guy. You have to pay for a girls din-din if you want to hang around her :)

My best to you Chica Bonita.

My heart goes out to you. If it was me, I would get my food and share some of it with her so she won't be starving. But that's just me. I am 5' 2" 115 pounds so I don't eat much. I always get healthy food.

Hubby would say it's not your problem. True. But how can you turn your back on a starving person?? If it was you who were starving, wouldn't you want someone to help you??

Tell her you wish there was something you could do, but your on a tight budget as well.

Me too.