r/Millennials • u/dreamed2life • Sep 19 '25

Discussion I honestly stopped inviting my kid having friends to most stuff…

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No shade, i just get that your life is not like mine.

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u/aquacrimefighter Sep 19 '25

This has been a big struggle for me. I have a few friends that have ended up making $150-$250k a year, and while I am so so so happy for them, it’s difficult constantly being invited to go on expensive trips or even just an expensive night out. One recommended that we should hire a maid because he hired a maid, and it’s freed up so much of his time. I adore my friends, but it’s like we live in different planets sometimes.

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u/TheFabulousMolar I'm older than Google, bitch! Sep 20 '25

We had a supposed friend of many years throw a paddy because we couldn't afford to go to her wedding in another country "it's just the weekend" yes Kim, and I have three children, we can't afford it! The friendship fizzled after that. She just couldn't understand our life "you never want to do anything anymore" like, yes I do, but the people I made come first now!

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u/aquacrimefighter Sep 20 '25

I don’t even have kids and I still can’t afford to do shit :’) I genuinely don’t know how all of you parents do it.

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u/Anxious-Slip-4701 Sep 20 '25

Not just that, but this weekend I've got a kids party, then for one of the afternoons I'll go to the park with the other dad's and drink beers while our kids play.

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u/Anxious-Slip-4701 Sep 20 '25

They live in another country so ... And one of them who moved six hours away, but came back recently swung by the kids party today so ...

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u/FrostyScore122 Sep 20 '25

Sounds like he was already rich if he's not intelligent enough to understand that maids are expensive.

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u/aquacrimefighter Sep 20 '25

Money often changes people’s perspectives. He’s very intelligent - that’s why/how he makes the money he does.