I haven't always had a great relationship with my dad, he is a borderline alcoholic and was extremely cruel to me as a child after my Mum passed away. I ended up living with my grandmother.
That aside, I now get on well with him and go to see him a few times a month.
Last year I borrowed £50 off him to pay a council tax demand from a property I lived at a long time ago and wasn't even aware of. Anyway, I forgot to pay it back. He hadn't mentioned it at all and my memory stinks.
Anyway I passed my driving test last week and have asked him if he could lend me £200 to get new car up and running with insurance deposit and petrol. I hadn't expected to find a car so quickly so it was all a bit rushed.
He text me back saying about the £50 I owed him (fair enough) then w3as just really nasty about it. I said it was fine and that I understood, forgot about the £50 and assured him I would pay this back to him with this months pay.
A few hours later he text me back saying he will lend it to me as long as I promise to pay it back.
The thing is, I know that when I go up there to collect the money he is going to have a go at me and it will be awkward so am just wondering should I just decline his offer and wait until the end of the month to get on the road?
If he had just declined to help in a less aggressive way I wouldn't mind but he was really harsh.
I lent him £1000 3 years ago which I never asked for back but he seems to have forgotten that