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?
“I still get shit about not having a “real job” because I work from home. If they knew I’ve been a consultant for the last 8 years and make 4-6x what they make I’d get more shit.”
My friend group actually has a running joke of the ‘least employed friends’ but it is expressly for those making crazy money while working limited weekly hours. It is also definitely done in a ‘good for you!’ sense.
Crazy people are going around especially post covid calling a work from home not a real job