"You're telling me that you want to go out for drinks?! In this economy?!"
This is a message that at least one of my friends says in our group chat when we're trying to plan a hang. It's usually sent by the person who's on their last week before payday.
Living out of home in your 20s is more of a struggle now than it was for previous generations. The cost of everything is getting higher which is forcing our priorities like maintaining friendships to lower.
Luckily (or unfortunately) for my friends, I've taken it upon myself to work out ways to see each other without any of us having to spend money.
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I've aptly called this the playing method. Why? Because most of these hacks are literally what we used to do when we were kids and teens — basically before we could drink alcohol and it became the norm to go out to dinners as a way of catching up.
Now I'm going to be honest, these methods may impact your friendships by actually making you all closer to each other. It could also result in fights and friendship splinters but that is the risk you have to take in this economy.
Here are my five hacks for how to hang out with your friends without spending any money.
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