Hopefully this is not taken the wrong way – After grad school, I've started to make a lot more money (went from $40K before to ~$200K a couple years post-grad school). I'm excited about it and make sure to save for living expenses / invest for myself / donate for charity causes before I set aside the rest for discretionary income. I'm highly curious about the world and a lot of this discretionary income goes into cool activities around NYC (unique concerts, food experiences, etc.) or travel.
Because I make a bit more than most of my friends, I tend to do things on my own. Even if/when they want to travel or attend an experience, money or time will play a factor (on the latter, many of them are creatives on the side – musicians, dancers, etc). Thing is that I've had a lot of these experiences solo and want to start doing them with / sharing them with other people. I think it would be more meaningful.
Just curious for other men, how they have handled this this type of situation. Should I pay for people? Branch out and new friends? Etc. I am moving to a new city soon and will hopefully find a relationship over time, so I think this question will only be more relevant in the near future.