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How income differences limit relationships

My best friend from college can't afford to come to my wedding because plane tickets cost more than she makes in a month and I don't know how to help without making it worse.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Economic inequality makes shared experiences impossible and transforms friendship into a series of difficult negotiations about money.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Economic justice — what it requires?”

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