A late-20-something-year-old who said they were in a “very socially active friend circle” chimed in, explaining her experience. “There is so much peer pressure within my social circle to spend money, and you’re kind of judged if you miss a friend group event to save money. I didn’t want to go to a dinner one time in hopes of saving $80–$100 (we always split apps, you’ll get side comments/peer pressure for not getting a drink…), and I don’t think I heard the end of it for a few days.”
She went on saying, “And I’ve had a friend make judgmental remarks about where I choose to spend money and say things like ‘for someone that’s so obsessed with budgeting, that’s interesting you spend so much in this category.’ We do a ‘staying in’ activity maybe once every month or two, and that still ends up costing money because everyone’s expected to bring wine, and chip in for the Uber Eats order or whatever, LOL. And then people want to Uber both ways, and that’s always expensive. It’s really hard to say no without FOMO.”
—u/NH339
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristatorres/cant-afford-friends-reddit
