Is anyone broke with rich friends? how do you balance hanging out with them and keeping up budget?

Again I am going to answer as the other party. I hate being considered the "rich friend" but I have come into more money than people my age. The one thing I realized is that the only way to keep your friendships intact is to avoid making money ever an issue.

Hanging out with friends, is precisely hanging out with friends. Don't need lavish nights out, expensive dinners, or huge bills. You really just need their company.

I feel this issue you bring up is more in the hands of the "rich friends" as they have to realize the situation of others. You can't expect others to keep up with your random luxuries and you can't expect them to be okay with you paying for everything. That will make anyone uncomfortable in that situation.It's a catch-22 in a form and way.

If your "rich friends" truly appreciate your company then they should have no problem hanging out with you with no cost required for that location. Both parties simply need to exercise caution. From my perspective as the "rich friend" I will make sure the place we are hanging out doesn't require a lot of money and is reasonable for everyone.

I will also trying to pick up as many checks as possible without causing suspicion or getting worried over it. If a friend truly objects I will at least split the bill but I will make sure I am paying at every spot possible. But also if you don't have a lot of money, you do have to exercise caution as well.

If you are invited to go to some lavish party or outing and its not lining up with your budget, you shouldn't be afraid to say no. I rarely go out to high cost locations but when I do, I will invite my close friends and they can make that decision if they would like to come along. I will always offer to cover costs but I understand when people feel uncomfortable with that so there is no pressure from my side.

In the end it comes down to trust and understanding. Regardless of your economic situation, understanding can conquer those boundaries. I feel with my group of friends, money is always the last issue and should never come up.

Best of luck to finding the right answer to your situation. If worse comes to worse, you can come party it up with me anytime on my dime or we can split the tab.Hahaha.P.S.Below is my favorite hangout spot with friends that requires no money at all to have a blast.

I think the key to any kind of friendship is communication. Keep in mind that everyone has financial problems at one point or another. If your friends are wanting you to go out with them, explain the situation to them.

You don't have to give all of the details, but ask them if they can spot you this time, and agree to pay their way the next time. Some of my best friends and I try to do something together at least once a month. Even if none of us are having financial problems at the time, we stick to this kind of an agreement.

One person pays for dinner one time while the other gets the tip, and vice versa the next time around. Of course, this practice always depends on the kind of activity involved. While this might work well for going out to eat, there are certainly times when you can't really ask your friends to pay your way.

For example, a couple of years ago, some friends and I were planning a float trip vacation. We had been planning this trip for some time, but when the time to go rolled around, I was not able to afford it. Since the cost of the trip would have easily been a couple of hundred dollars a piece, I was not going to ask my friends to help me out on this one, and it was very unlikely that they could afford to pay my way on this one either.

I simply told them what the deal was and that I was not going to be able to make it this time around. While I regret not being able to spend that time with my friends, my family and my finances had to come first. I am a single mother, so there are always those times when the finances are a little tight, but I have to think of the well being of my son first, and my friends understand this because most of them have been in the same situation at one time or another.

There will always be more times to hang out with friends and do fun things together. Try to communicate the problem to your friends the best that you can, do what you can when you can afford to, and make the best of the situation. Like someone else said here, financial problems are always temporary, so if you take the time to focus on what you need to do to get out of the temporary predicament, better times are sure to come.

I have the same problem, but I guess my friends don't really go out that much. They are more likely to have people over for beer and what not, so it still costs money. I guess they have come to realize that I remember who is nice to me when I am not in a position to be nice to myself.

Every time I have consistent money I will buy them things until we both see fit, even though it's usually unsaid it works out. I view it like a you scratch my back I'll scratch yours kind of thing. Also offering to do them favors to pay back borrowed money is very nice in my opinion, a lot of times people will want a service over the money they already had back.

Laundry and lawn mowing seem to be popular choices if you bring up the idea. Not bad if you ask me. Then again you could always try and figure out something that is free and still fun.

This is a matter of opinion so I won't make suggestions, and my ideas might not be as fun to you as they are to me. Still I assure you it is possible to have fun with 0 dollars, and a lot of times its way more refreshing to do something unexpected. Bars and restaurants are fun, but after awhile they get a little predictable and majorly expensive.

Not worth the dollar to fun ratio to me.

I have been in this situation a number of times and this is what usually works. Explain to them that you are having financial difficulties. Be honest with them and tell them you cannot pay for the food at the restaurant but you are willing to pay for the tip.At other times you can invite them over to your house for dinner and you can prepare a good meal for them.

If you do this way you will not feel so inadequate around them. There is no reason to stop being friends with them. Being broke is temporary.

My answer is from the other side of the spectrum... I am the "rich friend. " I hate when I ask my friends to come over and then they say they can't because they are too poor. When I invite someone to do something with me, I am inviting them to be my guest, meaning I am footing thebill.

I have explained this to all my friends and then they tell me they still won't do it because they "feel bad. " I just want to spend time with my friends, I don't care if it costs me extra money to do so. I have been poor, when I got married my husband was E-1 in the Marine Corps and made $13,000 a year... I know what it is like to be poor.

Luckily my husband is now an executive in a worldwide corporation and is compensated well for his time. My suggestion to you is to talk to your "Rich Friends" and find out how they feel about the situation. If they are your truely your friends then they will tell you the same thing I just did.

Take them up on their offer, but don't take advantage and expect that they pay everytime... only when they offer.

I don't think it's much of a friendship if they are indifferent to your financial situation. Have you tried telling them the truth - that you can't afford to go out with them? If they care for your company it seems they would either offer to do cheaper activities or pay for you sometimes, or both.

Only you can decide if these are friends worth keeping. IF they are, they should be able to maintain the friendship without seeing you so often.

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