My mom loved to sing - and I'll go on record and say she was the worst singer ever. I'd get up and move away from her!
There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose...
My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army but I never called them...
The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned success: a person's belief that he has created value in his life or the life of others.