Sometimes I must admit that there is a gap between my friends and I. The reason that caused the formation of the gap is not personal matters nor it is caused by our friendship. Nevertheless, the gap, like a invisible wall, separated us from a fashionable guy who loves shopping and nice brand name stuff and a normal person who cannot afford to buy those things. I understand the fact that I should just be who I am and do what I wantto do. But at the same time, I don't want to exclude myself from my friends and I certainly do not want my friends to be jealous of me. I mean, overall, I still wanna be friends with them, but it seems like it is because of me, becuase of the way I spend my money, turn me into another person who is incapable to maintain this friendship. It is extremely difficult to choose between friends and the things you love...and I am still trying to balance them