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How retirement wealth comparisons poison friendships

I keep comparing my retirement savings to my neighbors and feeling either superior or inadequate and I hate what money is doing to my relationships.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Financial status becomes a lens through which all relationships are refracted, distorting authentic connection into competitive assessment.

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“Where Are You with Money in retirement — making it last?”

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