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How income differences strain longtime friendships

My best friend since childhood can't afford the restaurants I want to go to anymore and I don't know how to navigate this without being condescending.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Economic mobility can create awkwardness in relationships where shared experiences and resources were once assumed.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Privilege and its acknowledgment?”

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