Well, you can either be happy for your friends who have taken early retirement and are enjoying themselves, or you can take it as a personal insult that they are having fun while you are still working.

We are fortunate our friends and family are emotionally secure and fair-minded. They all seem happy that my DH and I were still able to retire while we are still in reasonably good health. They don't seem to mind at all when I send out emails or blog about our travels and fine dining (my family are all serious foodies).

We were lucky that things worked out for us, and are grateful for the opportunities life has given us. Maybe that's the difference between those who seem to brag, and those who don't.

Otherwise, if I thought my friends/family were going to be thin-skinned about our ability to take early retirement, it would severely constrain our ability to say anything at all to them, LOL!