Your feelings are valid and I honestly don't understand why some comments here are judging you. Jealousy, like every other emotion is part of being a human and

Your feelings are valid and I honestly don't understand why some comments here are judging you. Jealousy, like every other emotion is part of being a human and the sooner you come into terms with that, the better it will be. I think you are holding yourself to an unattainable moral standard. If spending time with your friends is unsettling for you, then it's time to move on. They may or may not be intentionally showing off their wealth but frankly that's irrelevant because the only thing that matters is your well being. Further, I urge you to think about the word Relationship: it's RELATE+SHIP which is the process of continuously _relating_ to someone, so if you can no longer do that with your friends, your relationship is meaningless. As for the question of wealth and happiness in general, my own view on this is that is varies from person to person. I personally like to have _some_ savings, own a property and be able to take a vacation once a year. I opt in for optimizing my quality of life rather than wealth and this means finding avenues to work _less_ and focus on things that truly matter to me: spending time with my significant other and family members, exercising and sleeping well and eating good food. I'm not going to respond to a last minute email or be "on call" and miss the opportunity of having sex with my fiance. I sure as hell don't want to be the person who missed all those joyful moments because I was too busy chasing millions and building the next Facebook. What am I going to do with millions on my death bed? Life is all about balance.