When relatives come home during the Chinese New Year, they ask you how much your salary is. What’s your best answer?

When you go home during the Chinese New Year, you will inevitably be asked about your salary by relatives and friends. It would be rude not to answer, but if you answer, you don’t know how much to say. Don't be too honest about your true salary, and don't exaggerate the facts just to look good. In short, this matter mainly depends on your own mood and thoughts.

Here’s a little trick to help you answer in a way that doesn’t embarrass others or yourself.

Choose to answer the other party in a calm tone: That’s it. I’ve thrown away my expenses and saved a little bit. Sometimes I transfer some to my parents as pocket money. If you answer like this, others will think that you are average. I have enough for myself, and I can still save some for my parents, so I guess I won’t have much left. Others will feel pity for you when they hear this, and they will definitely praise you for being very diligent. I know how to live my life, and my life is a little tense. This way you earn enough sympathy.

I just don’t want to say it, so let’s do Tai Chi: the salary is not fixed every month, the company has an assessment system, and the performance can be high or low. Sometimes there are floods and sometimes droughts, so I can’t say an accurate number. It's okay when there's waterlogging, I can make do with it. Very tight during drought. I’ll save some money over the course of a year, but with that little money, I’m still far away from buying a house. Such an answer can satisfy some people's vanity.

I gave a perfunctory and purely coping answer: The job is just like that, the salary is okay, and at least there is no problem with food and drink. Fortunately, I didn't reach out and ask my family for it. Parents don’t have to worry. If the other party is still chasing you, let me ask you directly, how is your income? He should be taller than me. What are you doing now? Change the subject, throw the question back, and end the answer happily.

Reject directly: This is a last resort. Some people may know about your income, have ideas about your income, or have hopes of borrowing some money from you, and then spare no effort to ask questions. If you don’t want to borrow, in this case it is best to refuse directly. . To put it bluntly, my salary is not bad and I have no spare money except for taking out loans. Directly cut off the other person's thoughts. Don't be sloppy.

Salary is personal privacy, especially for modern people, who do not want others to know their income, especially relatives and friends. No matter how high or low you are, you don’t want others to know. When you are low, you will lose face and worry about your parents losing face. When you are high, you are worried about being borrowed money. It is always very contradictory. How you answer depends on your actual situation and mood. You need to master the specifics yourself.

In real life, some people exaggerate the facts to save their face and exaggerate their income. They borrow money from relatives and friends when they are in trouble, but they end up not being able to borrow it. However, they also boast about Haikou. There is no reason not to borrow. In the end, there were conflicts between relatives, and I was also very embarrassed. In short, it is better to respect the facts in this matter, so as not to dig a hole for yourself.