The Impact of ‘Friendflation’ on Socializing [Video]

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 THAT’S RIGHT. AND 37% OF AMERICANS SAY THAT THEY’RE 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 DOESN’T 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 …