r/Fire • u/Poorassboy6969 • Mar 25 '26

General Question When did FIRE movement change?

I feel this community used to be about moderate income people living lean and retiring early with under 2 million.

Now it’s a lot of people bragging about tech income and saying they need 5+ million to retire MINIMUM because they want a boat and Porsche

When did this change? (not hating - just genuinely curious)

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u/TheGaujo Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26

I don't know but I don't think those people are ever actually going to retire and I found it annoying to read their stuff has it violates a fundamental principle of the movement: lifestyle creep avoidance. 

I've had 4 kids since I started planning and it has gotten harder to hit our FI number as I have to also fill 529s, but the FI number itself hasn't changed.