[mbesto]

> Word of advice: don't tell your family how much you make either.

YMMV. I don't have any immediate family members who are at risk for monetary issues (luckily) and I have not had any issues with them knowing how much I earn. I'm also lucky that my family has been taught the value of a dollar since I was little. Not everyone has that advantage so I can definitely see why the default advice should be "don't tell them".

My dad's sisters and some cousins on the other hand...ya...they don't need to know.

[edgyquant]

Yeah I told my parents when I started making six figures and the only thing that changed was now my dad doesn’t pay for all my food when I’m visiting.

[donretag]

My parents still insist on paying everything, and they earned relatively little in their lives.

[exolymph]

They get pleasure out of treating you <3 I hope you can find ways to return the favor and spoil them without embarrassing them.

[jzb]

Before my father passed he still grumbled about me buying a meal and he was retired!

[murph-almighty]

My parents will still try to pay for me sometimes, but my mom has venmo now so I can at least fire her whatever my costs were.

For all the weird shit I put up with in my family, at least money doesn't really come up as an issue in that sense.

[ChefboyOG]

Which, admittedly, is a real loss.