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?

  • Niku-Man@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Unless they think you’re worthy, i.e. smarter, hard-working, whatever. Truth is, none of us are that much smarter than another, but the people you’re close to know personally the dumb stuff you’ve done, so they see an idiot with some success and get jealous and angry about how unfair it is, especially if they’ve wanted or tried to do their own thing in the past