When I go home during the Spring Festival, my relatives inquire about my income. How should I change the subject gracefully?

When I go home to celebrate the New Year, I will often be asked about my salary. The worst thing is to tell the truth. People with high emotional intelligence will use the following three tricks: contrasting vague answers, joking answers, and crying poor answers. These three tricks are perfectly polite and will not offend others.

The first trick is to give a comparative and vague answer: It’s almost the same as Ah Biao.

The so-called vague answer is to give a rough number or a reference (person) without giving the other party a specific number. For example, if an elder relative asks you how much your salary is, you can say: "Last time I talked to Ah Biao (a relative's son) on the phone about our salary, my salary is about the same as your Ah Biao's!" This is a polite answer to the relative. problem.

Sometimes the salary of relatives is a casual topic. If we tell the salary of someone familiar to the other party and give a vague answer, the relatives will not be able to compare, and it will not affect each other. relationship.

The second trick is a joking answer: less than 100 million.

I remember the applause for the collaboration between Xiao Yueyue and Shen Teng. When talking about salary income, Xiao Yueyue said that the monthly salary was less than 100,000. Teacher Shen Teng said in surprise, less than 100,000? Be specific. Xiao Yueyue said, two thousand and five! It turns out that the management is less than 2,500 and less than 100,000. Therefore, if you meet an elder and ask about salary, you can come back to "less than 100 million" in a funny way. This will not only make your relatives laugh out loud, but also avoid the embarrassment of answers and keep your salary private.

The issue of income is personal privacy. If you earn less, others will look down on you. If you earn more, others will feel that you are showing off, so the best way is not to tell others what you really are. income.

Third trick, a poor answer: No amount is enough!

For people like me who have been working for several years, faced with the pressure of living with a mortgage, a car, and the obligation to raise children and support parents, life has been as frugal as possible, so no amount of salary is really enough. . However, since my relatives are so curious about my salary, they still need to answer the question directly out of politeness, otherwise it will appear that we juniors are rude or too arrogant.

So, if you ask me, I will usually say seriously, "No matter how much the salary is, it is not enough"! After hearing such an answer, relatives probably won't ask further questions. Because if they ask me again, I will ask them to borrow money. It is important to note that you should never answer with "fine". Because this kind of answer is perfunctory, giving people the feeling that they don’t want to say anything, and the situation will be more embarrassing.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon. If you are asked about your salary, you can refer to the above three good answers! Not only can you answer questions from relatives, but you can also keep a little secret about your salary, the best of both worlds!