If you're struggling to afford fun plans with your friends, you're not alone. Here, Stylist columnist Billie Bhatia helps one woman lean into a different kind of summer 

Help, I can't afford to join in my friend's summer plans

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I haven’t actually enjoyed the plans I have made because I have stretched myself too far

One of my most special summer memories so far cost me £0

Stylist’s Billie Bhatia on leaning into a slower, simpler (read: more frugal) summer 

Ask Billie: “Am I a bad person for resenting my friends who can afford big plans this summer?”