He has a job and he invested most of it in mutual funds, when he shifted to the new city, he used some large sum of money on food and lodging, I mean he could have spent less but this was a difficult topic to talk to him about.

some months i ordered food three-to-four times a month, while other months once a month.

I don’t have an exact amount I have lent him all through last year but I remember vaguely lending him 3k on one occasion and 5k on another.  This year onwards I lent him 6k online and gave him 2k in person.

He said he would return it and he used to try paying for my expenses whenever I came to visit him but not the entire amount.