Does money influence your status among your friend?

This week I attended the Discussion Club and the group of students discussed the question "Does money influence your status among your friend?"
In spite of my bias about this question it was really interesting to know opinions of other students. Somebody think that money does not influence on person status among their friends, somebody think it does.
What people do during all their life? In general, they are studing and after they are working. They are trying to earn a lot of money. Why? Because we depend of food and things we can by with money. Thus, there is dependence between people's life and money.
If one person has enough money he or she feels themselves comfortable in all different situations. Other person does not, he or she will feel discomfort and it will bother this person all time. Because of different situation these people could not be a good friend. There for I think people should choose their friends in equal financial status. As a result I have friend with approximately the some financial situation as I am. That is why I think money does not influence my status among my friend. However, on the discussion question in general for people I have the answer "Yes, it does".