Dear Mama Weaver, 
Isn't TimeBanking like bartering? 
signed, Wondering

Dear Wondering,
It is, but the big difference is that you don’t have to pay back the person who does you a favor. It is a “pay-it-forward” system. That’s one of the reasons why people find it so much easier to do things for others in a TimeBanking system. You don’t have to figure out what to give back to the person who helped you. You can choose how to pay it forward doing what you want, when you want.
Love, Mama

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