Brian Lairn on WNYC, and we'll end the show today on this question.

How do you handle making more or less money than your friends?

212-433 WNYC. Have you ever been on one side or the other of that?

Did it get awkward? Did it get weird? Did the person with the more money kind of get it about you?

Or if you were the person with the less? 212-433-9692.

Why, this question comes to us from Julia Carpenter today, formerly a reporter at the Wall Street Journal, covering personal finance.

She penned an insightful piece on navigating the tricky waters of financial disparities within friendships.

Her headline was how to handle making more or less money than your friends. So as our lives progress, obviously our financial situations can diverge as they shift,

whether it's landing a high-paying job or the opposite experiencing a layoff or simply growing apart from friends

on different financial trajectories. Julia draws from personal experiences and expert advice

to offer a thoughtful perspective and we invite your stories. So we'll hear now more,

more now from Julia Carpenter, now a freelance writer and spring

host of Apple News and Conversation. And we'll take your calls. Julia, welcome to WNYC.

Hi. Thanks so much for having me. And listeners, again, who has a story along these lines, or maybe a

question if you're trying to figure out how to handle a

situation right now with somebody who makes a lot more than you or a lot less than you

when you want to do some of the same things or one of you wants to do something that you're

not sure if the other can afford or vice versa. Tell us a story or ask a question. 212,

433, WNYC, 212, 433, 9692. And Julia, I'll ask you to start with a personal

experience of yours that you reveal in the article that you recently passed up an opportunity

to go on a luxury vacation with friends.

Want to tell us that story?

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