Since our wages are public info… made the mistake of showing family the scales bc I wanted one to try it out.

Like the title says.. Made the mistake of showing one of my family members our union wage scales bc they were curious. Been doing this 7 years, countless days out of town. And alone and away from family and SO. Lots of OT. Back pain. Schooling, $$$ for licenses, certs. Running huge jobs. And now when I ever mention improving their life with an item or somthing they’re complaining about I get a “ well not everyone can make your journeyman wage”.. When anyone can really. Takes sacrifice.. how do I go about responding to this? I didn’t tell them my wage ( there 4-6 MORE classifications above mine even after journeyman so I don’t make top pay like they saw.) but still.