There's a saying that wealth attracts wealth and this kind of situation is the best time to apply it. When you have friends that are doing well, you ought to fake it to fit in the circle and hope to benefit from opportunity that might come any moment. If you looked pity in their midst, they will only see you as a liability and you'll lose being part of the squad.
So are you advising people to pretend to be what they are not just because the circle of their friends are rich, that's not not a good idea, inah e my reason for saying this, dude faking it has never helped anyone, it is better you work hard to make your own money so that people will come looking for your friendship than living a fake life, dude fake life is fucking expensive hope you know that, is not easy to leave a fake life, the worst part of this fake life is, it will make you to start living those life that even when you are alone, you will start regretting some things and blaming yoursel, am this kind of person that believe in myself so even though my financial status don't match your, I don't care and no matter what I don't like asking anyone for money rather I seek for opportunities that can grow me into something big with the little I have that is who I am.
Idealism is necessary, and we don't need to be someone else to be able to enter the friendship of successful people. However, we also shouldn't be selfish because not everyone sees things from the perspective of wealth alone. Sometimes, even though someone doesn't have money, there are other things that can benefit others, so many people want to be close friends with them from wealthy circles.
We must be confident in our own abilities, but we also need to have many relationships, so we must be smart in mingling, but that doesn't mean we have to pretend.