I agree with the other posts....talking about financial matters with the great unclean masses is a bad idea...besides, maybe some of this might be to show some superiority, which I dont see the point of...a lot of these holiday get togethers are often people trying to make themselves look better than they actually are....
Couldn't agree more. I'm not RE'd yet, but I am FI and could pull the trigger anywhere from right now to 10 years from now. Really just depends on what lifestyle I'd like to have and where I'd like to live. I like to keep friends and family in the dark about our finances. No point in rubbing it in. There is no positive way to discuss these topics with most people. I get enough envy vibes just from what little people already know. I could only imagine if I up and annouced I was retiring in my mid-40's. Whenever people probe too much, I just start joking around and change the subject. Oddly, other people seem quite willing to give me too much information on their own affairs.