A reader is tired of his brother's resentful comments about money.
My wife and I have been very blessed. We both were able to find and keep jobs in our chosen fields and worked through the years without any layoffs, slowdowns, serious illnesses, etc. We made good middle-income wages, and we always lived within our means while saving for retirement. We made some good investments along the way, and were able to retire at age 60.
Now that they are retired, they are finding that living the high life is more difficult, but the spending continues, along with increased complaints. Recently, we purchased a vacation home in a warmer climate. That’s when all hell broke loose with my brother, as he accused us of trying to show off for our friends or just working to make them look bad. We haven’t argued about this, but it is getting harder and harder to listen to him go on about this, when we really don’t think we should have to alter our life just to keep him off our back. My sister-in-law doesn’t say much, but we’ve heard that she talks to other family members about this.
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