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How friend groups can navigate conflicting expectations for shared experiences

My close friends and I have been planning a big trip together for months but now that it's getting closer, some people want to change major parts of the plan and others are stressed about money, and no one wants to be the one to bring up that maybe this isn't working.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group of friends is discovering that avoiding difficult conversations about money and preferences can threaten the very experience they're trying to create together.

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