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Scenario

How to navigate friendships across class lines

My trust fund friends casually talk about their parents buying them apartments and I just sit there pretending like my family could do the same when we can barely afford groceries.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Friendship becomes performance when economic realities diverge too far from social expectations.

Your guide for this
Zera
Zera works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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