One is not paying or giving these as things to the other person, as a consideration for which they will pay or give some quantity of theirs to you.
This fails to take into account the straightforward concept of opportunity cost, which sits at the core of basic economic thinking about these matters.
Yes, you are not literally paying in money or blood to spend time with someone else (at least not in most cases), but doing the latter does impose an opportunity cost because it prevents you from doing other things during that timeframe, things that could have been productive or given you some other benefit. It does not matter if this engagement is transactional or mutualistic or heartfelt, the opportunity cost exists nonetheless.
Spending time with friends has an opportunity cost, regardless of whether the activity you engage in is pleasurable or hurtful or whether it generates consideration or not.
This fails to take into account the straightforward concept of opportunity cost, which sits at the core of basic economic thinking about these matters.
Yes, you are not literally paying in money or blood to spend time with someone else (at least not in most cases), but doing the latter does impose an opportunity cost because it prevents you from doing other things during that timeframe, things that could have been productive or given you some other benefit. It does not matter if this engagement is transactional or mutualistic or heartfelt, the opportunity cost exists nonetheless.
Spending time with friends has an opportunity cost, regardless of whether the activity you engage in is pleasurable or hurtful or whether it generates consideration or not.