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When friendship requires financial performance you cannot maintain

My trust fund friends keep inviting me on trips that cost more than my rent and I'm tired of making excuses, but I also can't afford to keep up without asking my parents for money.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Economic inequality within social circles forces uncomfortable choices between authenticity and belonging.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Identity and money — what wealth does to selfhood?”

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