Experience is different for everyone

I consider myself fortunate not to have any financial worries at the moment and to live with someone that I can have face to face conversations with. I have an elderly mother with numerous health problems who is living in another town but otherwise life is fairly relaxed. Some of my friends are in very different circumstances e.g. one works in travel and is thinking she will have to find new employment and another is working harder than usual because her lodger has gone and she needs to replace the income. Within my friendship group it inevitable that there will be tensions and I have found this situation difficult to negotiate.