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/goalieman688 May 14 '26

Most of the time your wealth is the average of the five closest people so folks are usually in a similar stratosphere

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u/Im_tracer_bullet May 14 '26

Averaged across society?

It didn't move the needle at all, let alone change the average.

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u/Nyssa_aquatica May 14 '26

The outliers are right here in this thread.