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CONTINUES TO ESCALATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. INFLATION IS COSTING ALL OF US MORE MONEY. IT MAY ALSO BE COSTING SOME PEOPLE FRIENDSHIPS. PEYTON SPELLACY IS LIVE THIS MORNING SO PEYTON, SOME ARE CALLING THIS FRIEND INFLATION. YEAH. TODD THATS RIGHT. AND 37% OF AMERICANS SAY THAT THEYRE NEGLECTING THEIR FRIENDSHIPS JUST BECAUSE THINGS HAVE GOTTEN MORE EXPENSIVE TO GO OUT AND SOCIALIZE. BAD CREDIT DOT COM. DID THIS SURVEY. IT SAYS THAT GEN Z IS MOST LIKELY TO CHOOSE SAVING MONEY OVER BEING WITH FRIENDS. THEY SAY THEY SPEND MORE THAN $400 A MONTH ON FRIENDSHIPS, AND MORE THAN HALF SAY THEY WOULD RATHER SPEND MONEY ON MAJOR EXPENSES LIKE HOUSING OR DEBT. BUT CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST JODY CARRINGTON SAYS INFLATION DOESNT EVEN HAVE TO BE A THING. SHE SAYS WHEN YOU FEEL LONELY, YOUR PRODUCTIVITY, CREATIVITY AND PERFORMANCE AT WORK DECREASES SIGNIFICANTLY AND IT CAN HURT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. SHE SAYS THATS THE REASON HUMAN CONNECTIONS ARE MOST THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE. THINK ABOUT THE BEST TIMES YOUVE EVER HAD WITH YOUR BEST FRIENDS, WITH YOUR MAMA, WITH YOUR SIBLINGS. WHAT YOU REMEMBER MOST IS HOW YOU FELT, WHAT YOU REMEMBER MOST IS YOU KNOW, THE MEMORIES USUALLY ARE EVOKED BY A FEELING, NOT A SPECIFIC EVENT OR NOT HOW MUCH MONEY YOU SPEND, SHE SAID. GOING ON WALKS, GRABBING COFFEE, OR PLAYING CARD GAMES ARE WAYS TO GET IN THAT AUTHENTIC INTERACTION. SHE ALSO SAYS, AS HUMANS, AS HUMANS, WERE WIRED FOR CONNECTION. SO MEETING IN PERSON IS ALWAYS MORE MEANINGFUL AND EFFECTIVE THAN CALLING SOMEONE OVER THE PHONE. REPORTING LIVE IN NORTHEAST