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, then the payments stopped. Four months have gone by, and we haven’t had so much as a phone call. Apparently they are ashamed to face us. It is sad that we have lost their friendship because we did them a favor. It is also sad that we are out several hundred dollars. How should such a request be han-dled in the future?-Spilled Milk

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