Certain older members of my household wanted to throw away my old and cherished collection of super-hero comics. A full-scale, indoor family skirmish almost broke out, but fortunately things soon settled down when I waved my steady paycheck all over the place. I was like "Look, here, I earn my keep, so shove off! The comics are going nowhere, they are collector's items and have tremendous geekish sentimental value to boot."

The matter was resolved swiftly and all thanks to my job.