In the city that never sleeps, impromptu sleepovers are, apparently, out.
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sleepovers → sleep → city
Expecting to crash on a pal’s couch during an overnighter in New York City is déclassé, says a livid local, crashing out over the “rude” presumption that her Big Apple apartment is a virtual crash pad.
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apartment → expect → presumption
“Stop asking your friends who live [in] an apartment in NYC to be your free hotel,” Bridget Goes, 25, scolded the nearly 3 million viewers of her social media tirade.
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Goes → ask → tirade
“It’s rude to ask them, ‘Hey, can I stay at your place?,’ if they never offered it.”
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they → ’ → it
There’s also lots of hostels in New York,” Goes ranted, punctuating her frustration with a fierce jab.
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Goes → ’ → jab
“If you can’t afford to stay in New York, then you either need to travel home that night or you can’t afford to go to the concert.
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you → afford → concert
Her inhospitable hot take has ignited a fiery digital dispute.
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take → ignite → dispute
A faction of the internet agrees that guests in Gotham should budget for lodging rather than mooch off their buds just to save a few bucks.
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guests → agree → bucks
Others, however, argue that incoming chums should always be welcome to couch surf for a night or two — no questions asked, no payment necessary.
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payment → argue → night
The unfriendly feud is merely one crashing wave in the troubled sea of viral spats that have recently erupted online.
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that → crash → spats
From debates over who pays for the Uber on first dates to how much is too much when tipping at restaurants, virtual fighting is tragically trendy.
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fighting → pay → restaurants
“May this friendship never find me,” a commenter wrote beneath her post, shaming the blond for banning her so-called mates.
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commenter → find → mates
“I actually get sad when my friends spend money on a hotel and don’t stay with me because it makes me happy to make their life easier and cheaper,” another noted.
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another → get → me
“And it makes me happy to make a friend happy.”
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friend → make → ?
“What’s the point of friends if you can’t call them [for a favor]?,” a separate spectator questioned aloud.
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spectator → ’ → favor
“Everybody wants a village but doesn’t want to be a villager.”
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Everybody → want → village
“If I found out my friend was visiting my city and they DIDN’T ask if they could stay with me, I’m honestly gonna be a little hurt,” wrote another.
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another → find → me
“Save that money and come hang out!.”
Goes, however, did get a few supporters who shared her unpopular perspective.
“I live in New York and I’ve had people who I haven’t spoken to since I was 12-year-old ask if they could crash in my couch,” said Kat Capili, an aspiring singer and actress, in her own video addressing the matter.
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Capili → save → matter
“Why would you think it’s OK to ask to crash at my place for extending periods of time?”
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it → think → time
“It’s the audacity of these requests…when you live somewhere like New York, it’s every week,” she continued.
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she → ’ → York
“I’m not your hotel.
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I → ’m → ?
The beef between buddies is an effect of the high cost of living, which, for most millennials and Gen Zs, includes maintaining a healthy, albeit costly social life, per a recent report from Ally Financial, an all-digital bank.
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which → include → Financial
Jacqueline “Jack” Howard, a behavioral finance expert at Ally, tells The Post that people in their prime are often conflicted, wanting to splurge on choice indulgences, like A-list concert tickets and haute hotels, while simultaneously trying to build up their savings for the future.
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people → tell → future
“Social spending is impacting long-term financial goals for three in five Gen Z and millennials,” said Howard.
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Howard → impact → Z
“Only 18% of young adults say they have a strict budget for social activities, and 42% admit they overspend several months out of the year.
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they → say → year
Constantly saying “yes” to social spending consistently overrides planning and intentional money behavior is when the financial stress creeps in.
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stress → say → planning
The pro suggests friends, across the boroughs and beyond, communicate their personal and monetary limitations with one another, eliminating any awkwardness around random couchsurfing requests.
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friends → suggest → requests
“Building financial transparency is one of the healthiest things you can bring into a friendship,” said Howard.
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Howard → build → friendship
“The strongest friendships will honor those boundaries, not pressure you to go beyond your comfort zone when it comes to your finances.”
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it → honor → finances
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