How to not feel out of place when I’m with my rich friends
So I’m currently still schooling and I come from a low-mid income family. I’m kind of known to be relatively thrifty with my money among my friends. Ofc it’s not like I don’t spend la, I still spend on things if I need or rly want to
Anyway I’m doing this gift exchange thing in my friend grp so I asked my friend what she wanted and she wants this expensive watercolor set that is arnd $40.
Ngl it’s out of my budget and I think she knows so she said that she doesn’t mind sharing the cost. But then I feel bad cuz like if we were to share cost then it’s not truly a gift yk?
Then she said it’s ok like you said, it’s just sth she wants not need and she totally understands if I buy her sth else.
I feel like she has no ill intentions plus my friends often joke about how thrifty I am with my money but idk, everytime they say sth like this I get guilty like it’s my fault that I’m not as well off as them.
I just feel kinda out of place when I hang arnd them cuz they are more well off than me. Sometimes they wna go eat out at places that has food priced at $10+ or more and everytime I feel embarrassed to tell them “sorry I don’t have enough money, can we go eat somewhere else instead?”.
Then all of them will comply just bcuz I cannot afford the food. Makes me wna forget abt eating and go home 😭 Also since it’s after Os, a lot of my friends are talking about travelling and throwing super grand graduation parties or whatever.
I haven’t gone travelling in a very long while now and hearing them say all this rly worsens the “out of place” feeling HAHAHA
Idk what really is the point of this post. Ig I just got abit sad after the whole gift exchange thing so I came here to rant? HAHAHA maybe someone has advice for me as to how not to feel so sensitive or out of place whenever I hang out with my friends. If so pls tell me, ty I rly appreciate it