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Benzinga
Benzinga
Business
Madison Troyer

The $250-A-Month Friendship Tax: Why Young Adults Say Their Social Life Is Sabotaging Their Financial Goals

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On average, Americans are spending $250 every month on social activities with friends, a survey by Ally Bank found. 

This price tag on connection may not appear to be all that bad on the surface, but three out of five millennial and Gen Z respondents said that their rate of social spending was having a negative impact on their financial health. 

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