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Sezen Bakan

One in five of us feel peer pressure to spend. Here are four tips to help

Talking openly with your friends could take the sting out of a restaurant bill. Photo: Getty

One in five Australians have gone into debt or spent more than they can afford to keep up with their friends and family, new Finder research shows.

The nationally representative survey of 1000 Australians found that 28 per cent had felt pressured to split a bill evenly at a restaurant despite ordering less food than their friends or family, 14 per cent had been pressured into going on an expensive holiday, and 10 per cent felt like they had no choice but to buy tickets to a concert or major sporting event.

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