Dear Tiff: How can I better manage financial differences between friends?

I'm a 31-year-old single woman living in a house share and my friends have bought property and I feel like I'm in an alternate universe

Dear Tiff,

I am a 31-year-old single woman, working in the creative industries and I earn an average salary. I live in a house share. I have a group of friends who I meet up with every couple of months, and they have all recently bought property with their partners. The issue is that the last few times we've met up, this has completely dominated the conv…