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How to stop financially overextending to maintain social status

My college friends are all buying houses and having babies and I'm still paying off credit card debt from trying to keep up with them for the past five years.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Social belonging can become economically unsustainable when peer groups outpace personal financial reality.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Money and identity — class aspiration and shame?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.