
6 Ways Friendship Affects Your Money
Love, friends, and money. What’s the connection? This month (since it’s Valentine’s Day, after all), we are talking about relationships, connection, and money. First up, friendships and social connection. How do they impact your money? How Friendship Affects Your Money Yes, your friendships have a direct impact on your finances. Here are six ways your friendships affect your money. 1. Friends Influence Your Spending Choices Keeping up with the Jones’ is a real phenomenon. If your friends are all spending a lot of money, buying larger houses, fancier cars, or enrolling kids in private school, it will cause you to think you should do the same. If your friends’ spending is making you uncomfortable with your own spending choices, it may be time to get some new friends. 2. Friends…