We all see money differently, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. If you want your friends to see it your way, you’ll have to communicate it
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I’m a university student with a good part-time job. I make about $250 a fortnight and I have always been taught how to look after my money and save responsibly. My two closest friends are both unemployed, but by choice. No matter how much I help them apply for jobs, they never do.
I often go out on the weekends drinking or partying, where naturally I spend money on alcohol, maybe some food and an Uber ride home.
My friends almost always depend on me to pay for things, swearing that they will pay me back, but they never do. If we are stuck in the city with no way to get home at 2am, they know they can rely on me. But this just isn’t fair any more and it’s grown frustrating.
