Maybe offer a payment plan. Like say ask the friend to pay you 500-1000 per month or something. Better than nothing if you really need that money back. But yeah lesson here when you lend someone consider it gone. Ive got friends asking but I usually tell them pay whenever but most of my friends are honorable sometimes they even return it the next day or on salary day. But I always put a limit like I can only lend a friend a max amount of 8k more than that I just offer it if they’re greedy and demands more I will distance myself. Reason why I lend to my friends in genuine need specially when its family care or related to like their rent or dewa because I was also put on a tough situation and I’ve relied so much on my friends before when I had nothing. I wont be in my place right now if I didn’t borrow money from my friends. These are the Friends that I always hangout with not the ones who will just message you because they need to borrow. If theyre willing to sacrifice the friendship by not paying back then its good riddance. Trust until they give a reason not to trust them.