内容摘要："Especially around Christmas, it's festive and you want to make everything cozy — but then you just look around and it's just all this stuff that no one needs," she said. "And I remember having this, I don't know, sense of frustration with it."

"Especially around Christmas, it's festive and you want to make everything cozy — but then you just look around and it's just all this stuff that no one needs," she said. "And I remember having this, I don't know, sense of frustration with it."

Personal finance expert Tu says that social media also has a lot to answer for. “It just starts to set an incredibly unrealistic expectation of how often we should be traveling, how much we should be spending, and how frequently we should be doing all of that,” she toldSam relates and said that social media has become a space for people to “get Instagram likes” and “show off their experiences” to others. “I think that's just a really dangerous situation for people who are financially vulnerable,” Sam said.

“We're so desperate to be a part of culture, to be a part of the big moment. You want to have that story that everyone else has…and you're literally borrowing thousands of dollars to sit in an uncomfortable stadium to do it because your friends are doing it, or because you're missing out.”That feeling of disconnect is similar for 32-year-old Michelle, who lives in Nashville and works as a communications and events manager for a non-profit.Michelle, who makes around $65,000, and her boyfriend had a baby boy in December and can no longer keep up with the spending habits of their wealthier friends.

“They just so frivolously spend money — like, they'll randomly buy a new car, or jet skis or a brand new boat,” Michelle told. “It’s just really mentally tapped to try to appear like I can keep up with them.”

Before she had the baby, Michelle said the group went on a $2,000

that she couldn’t afford. “When I first started being exposed to this friend group, I would push my bank account, and I would really push my limits just so that I could hang out,” she said. “And it really kind of messed me up. It maxed out one of myWHITE SOX 8, TIGERS 1

CHICAGO (AP) — Shane Smith pitched three-hit ball into the sixth inning, and Chicago beat Detroit to stop a four-game slide.Michael A. Taylor homered and drove in four runs for Chicago, which had dropped seven of eight overall. Smith (2-3) struck out six in 5 1/3 scoreless innings for his first win since April 24.

It was the first home win for the White Sox against the Tigers since June 4, 2023. They had lost a franchise-record 11 straight home games versus Detroit.Dillon Dingler hit an RBI double in the seventh to account for the Tigers’ only run. The AL Central leaders had won seven of eight, including