Some people have lives on easy mode. I also think some people tend let some hardships drag them down more than the actual issue. No judgement, but it takes a lot of introspection to still make life work. One unrelated example. A long-time friend had a terrible manager 10 years ago. Never gave raises, push and push my friend yet it was never enough. My friend HATED work. I convinced my friend to find another job. She does, now with more pay, better managers, promotions, yet now she was asked to play office politics in this large office. She swapped one problem for another. 4 years later, she also HATED her job and found another job. Even more pay, smaller company with minimal office politics and work from home due to COVID. Was she happy? No, 1 year later they are asking them to come in 3-days a week. That friend now dreads the day of coming in to work. Hates that her boss is too chatty. She’s gone from hating her first job, which objectively I agree with, to now hating her current job because her boss is too chatty. Her psychology finds a way to be discontent almost to the same degree. I agree with your dad that people are going to be discontent with something. I don’t agree the burdens are equal, but I do agree we must not let those burdens disproportionately drag us down.