Ways Your Parents Still Trigger You
A comment on your income feels like judgment
“That’s all they’re paying you?” “Can you ask for more?” “How do you live like that?” and questions/comments like those can feel like a judgment of your accomplishments, or choice in work. You might overreact, start picking apart how much money they made in their jobs, and say things like, “You don’t even know how hard I work and you never worked this hard!”