I was just talking to my parents about an upcoming work-trip, for which my attendance wouldn't be really necessary, but the powers that be still want me to come with. I told them that and their reaction was something like “Well still, you can sacrifice some of your free-time for the company; you owe them that much” (I am of course getting paid for the trip, but it does take me away for 3 whole days).
Specifically the 'I owe them that' part sort of surprised me, but no big deal, I get what they mean, so I somewhat jokingly said “Well, I work to live, I don't live to work” – to which my Dad; a man who was hospitalized for burnout; who got fucked over on several occasions by his employer, and was nearly cheated out of (part of) his pension, completely sincerely asked “What's the difference?”, which honestly kind of shocked me.
I told him that one can live without working, but one can't work without living (or at least it wouldn't be a good life), but he still didn't really understand. I honestly felt so sorry at that point.
Has anyone else had conversations like that?