This your experience is the irony of life. When there is money and things are Rosy, you'll have multiple friends but when there is seemingly nothing, you become like one with leprosy, alone and abandoned.
Thank God you guys scaled through and recoverd, this is a testament to God's goodness and faithfulness.
When I experience things like this, I tend to become wiser and set out boundaries, so that those who looked down on me when I was in my low state, will not find easy access to me when I bounce back.