Can your family actually be jealous of an inanimate object?Well sure, look how many people complain that:

You spend too much time on that tv?Why don't you just marry tv !!You are always working on that car, you love that car more thanme!!

Yada, Yada, you get idea.

We may have all at one point in time said one of those words,so why should this be any different for computer.

With computer, you can do so much with it, whether you areoperating a business or not, possibilities are endless, sotherefore a lot of time can be spent on computer and youmay not even realize it.

Remember when internet first became popular, and newswould talk a lot about how many people spent so much timegetting "hooked" that their marriages, and family relationshipswere suffering.

Employers had to put out tons of memo's and new rules regardingemployee use of internet on Company time.

How many times when you were bored at work did you findSomething to do online. Check your email, play a game, surf andshop, etc.

The plain and very simple fact is that net is veryaddictive, I can easily have my mind set to take care of onetask on computer, and next thing you know an idea pops upto surf, and by that time a few hours have passed...Now what was I supposed to do in first place??

It is almost human nature to worry about these things, but itdoesn't have to be this way.

Just as how you can have a good friend that you spend a lot oftime with and maybe a spouse gets jealous, same can happenwith a computer.

Of Course, I am not just talking about spouses, childrencan have those same feelings.

If your child needs some help with homework or something ingeneral but you are always putting it off because you have todo something on computer, those feelings can erupt.Anytime you are not trying to balance your daily tasks, thenthis can be a problem

Just because YOU have a computer now doesn't mean that you arenow Information KING /QUEEN almighty.

There are still some things that computer can't teach us...If your family absolutely cannot handle amount of time youspend online and they resent everything about it, then that istime for extra help, a counselor of some sort of anyprofessional that you can find to help find out why it seemslike they are not happy when you try to be happy.

If they don't care what you do online, but are there to ask youhow much money you have in Paypal, then its time to get themmore interested in YOUR business.

Incorporate all benefits of your business to them, let themknow of any and ALL parts of your business that your family maywant to know about.

"Well you know now that I have my own business, then we candeduct this and that on our taxes"

"Well you know now that I have my own business, we may be ableto qualify for items at a wholesale price"

Remember that when you buy a table top easel at a traditional art supply store, you aren't just paying for easel. You're also paying for presentation of supplies, in traditional brick and mortar environment. An online art supply store or warehouse saves you money because their operation costs are less. The point of going into a store is to get help when you need it. When it comes to art supplies, most artists know basically what they need. Eliminating middle man at an online art supply store or warehouse to get your art supplies makes good business sense and can also be exciting in its own right.