I have a bit of a more personal question regarding ecommerce not entirely business related but hear me out

When you have success with your online business (making more then enough to live on) How do you go about telling friends and family what you do in a way they can understand? i cant stand the whole “get a real job” bullsht some people will try to throw at you like as if they would still be saying that if I was working as an employee for someone elses online business