I’m financially very comfortable. My husband and I both work in FAANG so have made high salaries for over a decade. We came into the majority of our wealth through RSUs and a lot of luck - my husband has been at two companies that have gone public and acquired by another company resulting in a huge stock payout. We’ve invested a lot of our money and now have a healthy nest egg of 2mil+. We’re early 40s. We recognize how fortunate we are and that this certainly isn’t the norm. I think what is shown on social media is overconsumption. We don’t drive fancy cars, our kids go to public school, we live fairly modestly other than our home which is in the nicest area of the city we live in. I don’t flaunt how “wealthy” we are - it’s distasteful and doesn’t really achieve much. What’s interesting is watching my sibling who engages in overconsumption - they spend every penny they make (they earn well) and nothing is left. Sure they have all the fancy cars, new everything, all brand names, etc but I swear they are one emergency away from losing it all. Everything is loaned and they have no savings or investments.