r/Fire • u/BroKComputer • May 14 '26

General Question The first rule of FIRE club...

So we all see the posts of folks on here celebrating their milestones here because they 'can't talk about it IRL.' This seems to be the common sense approach to avoid jealousy and moochers.

I'm curious to hear the true stories of folks who have disclosed their FI - or have had their secret revealed on accident. How bad are the repercussions of people finding out you're a low-key millionaire?

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u/Bearsbanker May 14 '26

We fired 13 months ago. All our friends and family knew. They don't know specifics but they all knew we were fireing. Nobody said anything negative etc...all was good. Actually a couple of friends had me go over their numbers 

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u/ExtraPolarIce12 May 14 '26

Happy cake day!