And the sad part is, it might not even end soon. To keep a VERY long story short, a co-worker of mine is going through some extremely rough times. I, being the sort of guy I am, have helped her out to the tune of literally thousands of dollars - yes, I trust my co-worker, and she's borrowed large sums from me before and paid them back both early and down to the last cent. And then when that began to run out, a few rather nice friends of mine helped me in my cause to keep her going, ...