Going for a walk, playing a card game together, just talking about life experiences...? I could go on, but why would I give you that charity? Go find your own examples, you shiftless bum.

why? Are you genuinely not able to do this on your own? Have you never sat with someone and chatted in your own home or theirs just to hang out? Have you never walked somewhere with someone to catch up with them in the moment? Have you never just played an old board game? Or hell, any free game, made up or not with another person? Have you never made up short stories with a group like campers over a campfire? Have you honestly never spent bonding time with another human being without feeling obligated to spend money?

Im honestly baffled at the idea of avoiding another human being or even cutting ties with a close friend because theyre not as financially well off as yourself. Im pretty angry about this because it hits a bit close to home for me. I know what its like to be that broke ass friend as well as the flip side of the one spotting a broke ass friend. Shit happens. Financial ruin can happen to literally anyone for more reasons than avenues exist to get out of said financial ruin. Speaking of the U.S. specifically, something as small as a minor health issue can force a middle class household from a comfortable savings to filing for bankruptcy.

If you truely care about someone you find a solution that works for everyone when you want to hang out. Throwing your hands up and saying "oh well, too sad, come back when you have money again" is so...so...shallow, rude, heartless, fucked up, and up your own ass.

Man, how deep has capitalism to be ingrained in your brain, if you can't even think of ways of having fun without spending little or no money. Only being able to spend time with people while also spending money sounds so fucking sad.