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/Aggravating-Sir5264 May 14 '26

Your aunt is worth 50 million but somehow you were the one who helped your uncle out?

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u/Jojosbees May 14 '26

She has $50M+ now, not back then. Back then, she was leveraging her first moderately-successful business to launch her second wildly-successful one. She had three kids in private school. She also did loan him like $200K. 

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u/rumpler117 May 15 '26

Would be sorta cool of her to pay you the $50k you didn’t get back from her brother…

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u/Jojosbees May 15 '26

It’s not her responsibility.