Are Your Friends Making You Broke?

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1. You are:

2. How old are you?

3. In an average year, how much do you think you spend on friends’ weddings/showers/bachelorettes (including gifts, travel, and, if you were a bridesmaid, average in expenses like dresses and shoes)

4. How much do you generally spend on a birthday present for your BFF?

5. Each year, about how much do you spend on all your other friend’s birthday presents combined (including chipping in for her birthday dinner and/or drinks)

6. In the past year, how much money did you end up donating to friends who were doing an event (Run for Cancer, Bike for Diabetes, etc) for charity?

7. How much money have you spent on baby gifts for friends in the past year?

8. About how many times a month do you head to a friend’s casa for dinner, a party, or a tv-watching date and bring a bottle of vino?

9. How much cash do you think you spend in a month randomly picking up the tab at a happy hour or drinks?

10. How much would you say you spend in a year on random pick-me-up gifts (flowers, lip gloss, a magazine or book, etc) for friends going through a tough time like a breakup or job loss?

11. How often would you say you lend a friend a few bucks because they’re short on their part of the tab, or they just need to buy that killer pair of shoes—and never get it back?

12. When you do lend money, how much would you say you lose each time?