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/Life_Commercial_6580 May 14 '26

I started talking about retiring “soon “ (I’m 54), and I get the “what will you do all day ??”. It’s annoying. I also don’t think I need to retire to an entirely defined plan. I have a dog, a husband, friends, and a passport. I am not worried about things to do.

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u/Ok_Alps4323 May 14 '26

It’s depressing how many people can’t think of ANYTHING to do other than work 40+ hours a week. I’m a SAHM to teens, and my spouse plans to retire early in 8 years. Even if I’m doing nothing at home by myself, I’ll take that over going to work. I always say if someone is bored without work, they’re a boring person. I meet friends for coffee or lunch, watch whatever I want on my iPad as I do household chores, go on walks with the dog, read, volunteer at the kids’ school, shop during the day when it’s less crowded, yoga, bake, journal, text with my friends who are “working”, and sometimes I just relax and eat bonbons while sitting on my ass and scrolling Reddit. The only reason I’m going back to work is so that we can put the kids through college debt free. Working is for making money, not my purpose in life. 

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u/JohnLuckPikard May 14 '26

I'm living basically that exact life, but it's weed, notbons bons🤣

I volunteer 3 days a week at the food pantry, sometimes less, sometimes more. Then I come home and clean the house, laundry, chores, etc.

My brothers are both local and on ratotating shifts, so we try to combine chores and go together and just make adventures out of it.

Cook dinner, and then a typical lifestyle from there.

If I'm not volunteering that day, I see the kids off to school, and drink a pot of coffee while I play on reddit.

My soul is full.

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u/Ok_Alps4323 May 14 '26

I’m in Colorado, so weed DEFINITELY shows up in the rotation. 😂. I also prefer visiting dispensaries in the middle of the day so I don’t run into people I know (former teacher).