Why Having Friends Who Make More Than You Gets Awkward
Some of their habits make you sad
Meanwhile, some of your wealthy friends’ habits make you sad. You see that they order way too much food and wind up throwing half of it away. You see they pay for cabs to avoid walking two blocks in the rain. What they spend on a pair of jeans could pay for a homeless family to eat for a month. They hire someone to walk their dog every day when they are both home and perfectly capable of walking the dog themselves. They buy tickets to events, don’t feel like going, and then just…don’t. They don’t get a refund. They just kiss that money goodbye.