What does it mean to say that "opening a shop for three years breaks off six relatives"? Does that make sense?

First of all, most people who open physical stores are busy and have few spare opportunities. For example, a nephew, who runs a convenience store in a different place, sometimes goes home long, not to mention seeing his little brother, even his parents have few opportunities to meet. Sometimes when we meet, that's two or three sentences. Only during the Chinese New Year can I go home in a hurry, and then the next day, during the Spring Festival holiday, the shopping malls are also very busy. As time goes by, the opportunities for communication between friends and relatives are getting lower and lower, so the feelings between people are getting weaker and weaker.

Some relatives and friends have opened physical stores nearby, and there are many opportunities to meet each other. However, they always feel a little cold between them. Some people, although it's good to talk in person, just don't shop in your store. This situation does exist. This phenomenon is mainly caused by the difference between buying and selling opinions. People who open physical stores always want to sell their goods at a good price, and they always want to spend less money when shopping. Shopping is bought by passers-by, which can reduce the price, and the seller feels that he can still walk. However, it's too bad to bargain when buying from friends and relatives, and it's as much as it costs. Often, fewer people come to buy things from relatives and friends. When friends and relatives know that you are shopping at other people's places, they are also very angry, which is why the relationship between friends and relatives is weak.

In fact, this view is a bit one-sided, only superficial. In fact, people who open physical stores have difficulties. (1) When starting business, it is necessary to lay a solid foundation, and the business processes of taking goods, placing and making accounts are relatively unfamiliar and inexperienced for beginners. It has become a good business and a wholehearted capital investment. Of course, it is rare to have time to visit relatives. (2) After the business has just entered the formal stage, we should be busy expanding the primary source of goods to attract consumers. As we all know, it is very easy to open a physical store, but difficult to keep it. Even if there is no business, people who open physical stores are not allowed to leave and suspend business.

The old saying in rural areas that "opening a physical store for three years breaks off six parents" is generally a representation. It's not that I don't recognize my six relatives after opening a physical store for three years, but more is that I have no choice. Normally speaking, I have opened a physical store for three years, which shows that business is on the right track and getting busier and busier. The more holidays, the busier they are, and sometimes they are long. Walking with friends and relatives gives people the illusion of breaking off six relatives. However, there are a few people who have made a fortune by opening physical stores and look down on poor relatives and good friends. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a talk about opening a physical store for three years.