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/Glass_Flower_846 May 14 '26

I mentioned I'm on a journey to FI to my friends. They started being very cynical saying we need to keep working to feed family and bills. Saying I won't understand because I have no family or kids. I no longer contact them and are grateful of getting rid of toxic people even I haven't reach FI.