A 21-year-old Reddit user shared an emotional post after discovering his father’s old salary slips. His father, now 50 and earning nearly ₹ 1 crore a year, earned just ₹ 3.2 lakh annually in 2010. Yet, those were the happiest years of their lives, the user recalled.

The family went to malls every week, watched movies, ate out, bought branded clothes and even had gaming consoles like PSPs, an iPod and an Xbox 360 . The father provided them all on that modest income. Also Read | Reddit user confused about taking new job with ₹7 LPA salary hike; here's why

Around 2017-18, things changed. Outings stopped, and tension slowly replaced joy. Though his father’s income grew sharply, so did the distance within the family. Fights became frequent, conversations fewer and emotional warmth

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