I run a modestly successful small gardening business. It took me a year to really get it going properly. For context im in my 30s and have worked in really demanding jobs to get into a position to start something.
Ever since I went full-time my sibling has had this attitude like I just won the lottery and wont share. Other people have also started acting like im driving around in a RollsRoyce with a monocle, I don’t really get it.
I give my sibling left over gardening supplies and i’ve sub contracted another friend who lost their job. Trying to share my success when I can. Whats with the hostility? Have other people experienced this kind of thing?
The ones that get me are my friends. They all say they wish me the best but are then shocked when I charge a fair price. Truly the worst customers I have by far. They are the secret hater’s Caught what I thought was a true friend talking my business down and refer people to my competitors all the while I was working a fairly big project for him at a hair above cost. 2024 will be the year I sort that out and become more selective of who my friends and my customers will be.