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Thief of joy.

What do you do when your friend laughs because she's making 2.5x more than you?

Thief of joy.

When I was 27, my friend Cassie bluntly asked me how much money I was making.

We were sitting at Bar Louie in Columbus, Ohio, after I'd driven two hours from Toledo to visit her for the weekend. We were ten minutes into our dinner conversation when she came right out with the question.

"How much are you making now at your job?"

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