Can you put a price on friendship? Apparently you can, and it isn’t cheap. The rising cost of socialising, known as “friendflation”, is “becoming a serious pressure point” for many adult friendships, said The Mirror . “Birthdays aren’t just a few drinks at the pub, they’re weekends away, lavish brunches or fancy dinners”, and “even going for a coffee is nearly a fiver”.

‘Much bigger price tag’

Socialising has “radically evolved” to have a “much bigger price tag”, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, author of “The Sum of Small Things”, told the Financial Times . Today, the average cost of attending a stag or hen do is £779 per person, rising to £1,200 for a trip abroad, according to the insurance company Aviva.

The soaring cost of socialising can be traced back to the 2008 recession when “inco

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