I'm currently doing a Degree in Digital Forensics, would you mind me asking what your girlfriends salary is like?
Thanks for telling me, appreciate it. I know salaries vary so much between countries and universities, previous experience and what not, but its nice to get a ballpark figure.
It just seems so ancient. I have no problem telling anybody my average income and exactly what it is I do.
It's not like the servant is asking the king how much he makes anymore. We're all pretty much the same monetarily these days.
For myself, it's more the fact that newaccountfool felt the need to ask permission to ask a question.
I love asking questions. And I love answering them whenever possible. I suppose that I wish we all held fewer secrets or assumed secrets.
Now not so much. I've seen what it does to people. They turn against you.
Some of my friends make half of what I do but they hang out with me and think of me as their equal. So why is it that I make so much more??? This is the question that they cannot answer for themselves and it makes them bitter. Shit, I've even had it from my own parents.
The human mind has a hard time putting itself in the position of others. Do yourself a favour, tell people but observe how their attitudes change. You aren't going follow my advice until you've seen it for yourself anyway.
Like it or not, economic power is power in our society, and a higher salary is more inclined to having a higher economic power. It matters to you as well.