Friendflation: Why Money Is Becoming More Relevant in Friendships

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Who has good friends gets through life more easily, has a better relationship, and reduces their risk of dying. That's how Handelsblatt opens its article "Friendflation: Why Money Is Becoming More Relevant in Relationships." Immediately after, the newspaper poses the question that drives the entire article — and one that will sound familiar to many from everyday life:

But what if the friendship fails over money?

What lies behind the term Friendflation?

With Friendflation, Handelsblatt picks up on a phenomenon describing how financial questions are gaining weight in interpersonal relationships — particularly friendships. The title makes the thrust clear: money is moving further to the forefront in relationships than before.

Why friendships in particular are coming under pressure

Handelsblatt poses the counter-question directly: While good friends make life easier, improve the relationship, and reduce mortality risk, it is precisely this friendship that can fail over money. The term Friendflation stands for this growing role of financial questions in relationships — and draws attention to the fact that it is precisely those bonds, which are demonstrably stabilizing, that come under pressure.

The full Handelsblatt article "Friendflation: Why Money Is Becoming More Relevant in Relationships" explores further what patterns can be observed today in friendships when the topic of money sets the tone.