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How friendship changes when income inequality emerges

My college roommates and I planned to rent a beach house together this summer like we have for the past five years, but two of us got promoted and now make significantly more money than the other three. The conversation about splitting costs has gotten weird and uncomfortable and nobody knows how to make it fair.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Economic differences are exposing the unspoken assumptions that held a friendship together.

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