A bit off-topic, but I just found out yesterday that a friend of mine is a multi millionaire. I have known him and his wife for years. They are both lawyers. She has always been very ambitious and working for years at Big Law. He has always been working at government agencies, working normal hours.
They have 2 children and a more spendy lifestyle than we have. They typically drive a nicer car (with a car loan, many years ago), have a slightly more expensive house than we have, often go on trips abroad and live in hotels, while we camp. I had heard that his father was rich. We once heard from a third person, that his father own half the town they lived in.
For some reason, DH yesterday looked up this friend's father in the tax lists (in Norway that is semi-public info). We found out that his father showed up in a list of the top ten richest people of the town they live in, with a really big (taxable) net worth. But our friend himself also showed up in that list, with a net worth 4 times as big as our combined net worth. He has obviously already received a large portion of his inheritance, as I cannot imagine he would have been able to save that much by himself. Good for him.
I am pretty sure that my friend and his wife still work. I also doubt whether they would be able to live of this large pot of money, with their current lifestyle. But maybe next time I meet them, I should tell them about my plans to FIRE. Especially to his wife who is also Dutch and not born as a big spendypants. Maybe if I tell her about our plans, she might ask about the exact amount. If I would mention that, she might realize that they could perhaps do the same, with a few lifestyle adjustments. Or she could at least stop working full time at such high ambitious jobs, where she seems to be underappreciated.