Quote Originally Posted by salsabike View Post
Depends on the kind of friendship. If close, I would, since we would both know I'd return the favor, AND close friends really like to help when they see someone they love struggling. Letting someone give is good too.
I'm with salsa. I have a couple of friends that I would do this for, and some I would just say "we'll miss you" for. I have friends that might offer this to me and I'd know it would come with strings attached that I couldn't bear, and others that I know would give selflessly (or somewhere inbetween ).

A guy at work was snowed in and unable to drive to see his baby girl's first Christmas with his wife and parents, and couldn't afford the plane ticket. I paid for it. It meant a lot to me to be able to give to him the gift of seeing his daughter. I didn't really give him the option to turn me down, though. I know he might not have the means do the same for me, but sometimes you need to stick your neck out and hope that they will pay it forward in kind, somehow.

It sounds like (and knowing you from your history here) your friend trusts that you will.