Imagine spending $35,000 on living room furniture and a 21-year-old kid comes over and comments “You’re living room is awesome! It looks just like an IKEA room.”
Hmmm… The IKEA room probably costs 10% of what you spent, but that IKEA furniture is expensive to this 21-year-old.
So, do you get offended or annoyed? To that kid, the IKEA room might as well be a $50,000 room. It’s high praise, but inexperience means they don’t quite express it perfectly.
If we could train ourselves to consider the perspective of others, life gets a little happier.