u/Expensive-Text-575

I’m not sure what to do and I need advice,

Hello everyone! I’ve been into kpop for the past 5 ish years, a couple friends of mine got into kpop recently due to kpop demon hunters. My two friends are obsessed with ATEEZ, rightfully so they’re gorgeous men.

Whenever we would hang out, both of my friends wouldn’t have money to do fun little things because they spent their last $$ on kpop photocards. It’s getting to the point of where I’d cover for them a couple times but it’s starting to get too much now.

Both of them would text me separately about the other, “x is spending too much on albums and can’t afford to get a hamburger from McDonald’s” “well x is spending too much on Photocards and can’t get her own train ticket”. It got to a point of them texting me like this for a couple months. I decided to send them both a long text about a month ago.

To sum it up, I basically said I love that they’re getting into kpop. It’s fun and exciting world to be apart of, but at the same time you both need to financially budget yourselves on this. If kpop turns stressful for you because you don’t have any money leftover to afford basic things, you gotta take a break man and slow down. I wrote a little more, I made it sweet but conncerned for them. I’m talking THOUSANDS in a span of maybe 6 months.

I texted my other friend who’s been into kpop for longer than I have, she said my message should be a wake up call for them but I did the right thing as a friend. Well ever since I sent that text, they have been mass buying even more photocards and haven’t talked much to me since. I don’t care that they’re spending their money on kpop, I just want them to be able to make sure they have money for other things too.

Last night, I sent my two friends a text about my friends birthday party coming up in a couple weekends. It’s a $50 all you can eat for the whole day, I asked them what they plan on getting our friend for her birthday because I needed ideas for gifts. I got a text back from both of them saying along the lines of “idk if I’m going to be able to go, I don’t have $50 to spend on food or to get her a gift”. And now I’m just pissed off, they both have full time jobs and make WAY more than I do. I understand everyone’s lives and bills are different, but I’m just concerned for them 😭😭 not sure what advice yall can give, but I’ll appreciate anything.

Thank you for taking the time to read this

I’m not sure what to do and I need advice,

Hello everyone! I’ve been into kpop for the past 5 ish years, a couple friends of mine got into kpop recently due to kpop demon hunters. My two friends are obsessed with ATEEZ, rightfully so they’re gorgeous men.

Whenever we would hang out, both of my friends wouldn’t have money to do fun little things because they spent their last $$ on kpop photocards. It’s getting to the point of where I’d cover for them a couple times but it’s starting to get too much now.

Both of them would text me separately about the other, “x is spending too much on albums and can’t afford to get a hamburger from McDonald’s” “well x is spending too much on Photocards and can’t get her own train ticket”. It got to a point of them texting me like this for a couple months. I decided to send them both a long text about a month ago.

To sum it up, I basically said I love that they’re getting into kpop. It’s fun and exciting world to be apart of, but at the same time you both need to financially budget yourselves on this. If kpop turns stressful for you because you don’t have any money leftover to afford basic things, you gotta take a break man and slow down. I wrote a little more, I made it sweet but conncerned for them. I’m talking THOUSANDS in a span of maybe 6 months.

I texted my other friend who’s been into kpop for longer than I have, she said my message should be a wake up call for them but I did the right thing as a friend. Well ever since I sent that text, they have been mass buying even more photocards and haven’t talked much to me since. I don’t care that they’re spending their money on kpop, I just want them to be able to make sure they have money for other things too.

Last night, I sent my two friends a text about my friends birthday party coming up in a couple weekends. It’s a $50 all you can eat for the whole day, I asked them what they plan on getting our friend for her birthday because I needed ideas for gifts. I got a text back from both of them saying along the lines of “idk if I’m going to be able to go, I don’t have $50 to spend on food or to get her a gift”. And now I’m just pissed off, they both have full time jobs and make WAY more than I do. I understand everyone’s lives and bills are different, but I’m just concerned for them 😭😭 not sure what advice yall can give, but I’ll appreciate anything.

Thank you for taking the time to read this