...to take a new job on lower pay than the one he'd just been made redundant from. He panicked and accepted the first job offer he had, but it means he missed out on a payout of half his salary. Didn't ask what I thought, would not reconsider after I suggested it wasn't a good idea, and said it's more important to have a job, any job. For context, this was a long time ago but I still think about it, knowing all the things it could have paid for. Am I neurotic for holding onto the anger here, or am I right to be annoyed?