Just wanted to run this past someone.
Hubby and I are in dire straits financially. Tonight, we decided that we are going to have to ask my brother to lend us some money (£1,000) for 6/12mths.
My brother is lovely. Me and him are pretty close (although he lives a long way away). He is financially very comfortable and I'm pretty sure he would be very happy to lend us some money.
However, his wife is a bit odd. Just hard work really and not sure how she would feel about lending us money.
I was going to ring him, explain situation and ask him if he could lend us the money but now i'm wondering if I ask him on the phone, is that putting him on the spot?
Might it be better to email him at work? but then, is that really rude, to ask someone a huge, personal favour via email?
For a bit of background, me and him do most of our conversations via his work email and he rings me when his wife goes out cos he can't talk properly when she's there.
So basically, just wondering what to do - shall I ring and ask or email?