When you have a different financial reality than your friends, things can get difficult. 

Money is tied to almost everything. It's a hard topic to ignore, even if you're really trying to. Everything costs money, and your relationship with it informs almost everything you do. Even in friendships, it is directly tied to what you can do together. Dinners, drinks, outings all cost money, and who pays for what starts to come into focus. When you're in a different tax bracket than the people you are closest to, some resentment might start to come up. That's what was happening to this pair of friends, and the disparities in income were starting to create some real friction in the friendship. They were constantly minding each other's wallets, which is not a great thing to do if you're cultivating a friendship. Keep scrolling to read what happened between these friends.