Pricing to friends and family

I give paintings to my family for free, whether they want them or not. Everyone's getting paintings for many Christmases to come. I don't think it's right to charge my family, but that only applies to the people who lived in the house with me growing up (and on my husband's side).

I don't offer discounts to friends or distant family members, and then I don't get stuck doing portraits for them either. I'd hate to have bad feelings over something along the lines of "there's something wrong with the mouth."

Every time I've discounted my rates for any reason, something bad has happened. It seems like people who dicker have the least respect, and the most changes to request. As soon as there's an adjustment in price it seems to open up the door for everything. They're not happy, they're not committed. It's the folks who I say It's such and such, and they say Sounds great - those are the people who are the nicest to work with. They respect me, and I am grateful to them.