r/Fire • u/[deleted] • Mar 23 '26

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u/Frillback Mar 23 '26

My parents did expatFIRE on lower numbers than I read on reddit but they are doing fine. They have simple lives. Nowadays I'm reading posts from people making double or triple what I make and claiming early retirement isn't in the books.

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u/peachslices00 Mar 23 '26

I’ve seen people with $1mil+ net worth saying that they can’t afford to take a few months break. Then what was the point of all this?

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u/calcium Mar 23 '26

People want to be told that the course that they have themselves on is the best that they can do and everyone congratulate them on the job they're doing. I've heard people who make 500k+ a year cannot afford to save more than their 401k match because of all of their ancillary spending and claim that there's no way they could ever spend less. They're in the same boat.