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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Counting other people's pennies is the least pretty - so what do you do about people who expect you to take them out (every time you go out with them)? And what if they think they deserve nice things, but you don't (in regards to who has what)? They get bitter about what you have, but expect you to be happy for them - how do you react?

Surely you run into this, especially if you have more money than your friends. I can't see paying for everyone each time you go out. We don't go out much, but really.[/quote]

I'm not the person you asked this of, but if you don't mind I'll answer.  We don't stay friends with people who are leaches.  One of my DD's is friends with a girl who is very poor.  We have taken that girl on two trips, we have her sleep over often, we gave her a North Face jacket my DD outgrew, etc.  It might be easy to think the girl is a leach.  Except that each time the girls are out and the other girl has something (a snack, etc) she offers to share with DD.  She's a good guest who always says thank you for having me. After the two trips, she wrote us a thank you note.

I don't understand your second question - are you talking about family?  I have friends at all income levels.  Some friends I go out to pizza with.  Some friends I go out to a steakhouse with. It all works out. I'm a pretty good judge of character, and if someone is a leach I can suss that out pretty quickly, and we drop them. [/quote]

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