Loaning Money

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I think you've got two choices and they are both sorta desperation plays.

The first is intimidation - threaten her with a lawsuit. You shouldn't actually need a lawyer to file a suit in small claims court, but having one always helps. Unfortunately, it sounds like you don't have any documentation, so your only hope here is that she's too stupid to realize this (and if she bilked you out of this much money, she's probably not stupid).

The other option is to play on her sympathy. Make up some sob story about why you really need the money and hope she takes pity on you and pays at least some of it back. What's your pride worth?

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Law suit is out of the question and sympathy is not my style...the intimidation factor is what Im leaning to...I'm a rather large individual whom can use that to my advantage...I like the Chili Palmer in Get Shorty sitting int the living room watching TV middle of the night scenario til she wakes and I ask where my dang money is...I think thats intimidating enough