Maybe you are all part of a jealousy experiment
Steffen, I doubt that people who are currently building their dream house spend any time being jealous.
Me and apparently other attentive forum members are getting fed up with these – yes, by now cringe-worthy – comments about income. I can ignore and block them out myself. But you do read them. And every time I wonder (because... they usually miss the point), what is bothering you right now – is it trouble with a customer or your wife?
Because, you don’t have to be bright to know: people usually try to gain self-affirmation by confronting others with their higher standard.
That you then try to turn it around... "haha, got you all worked up again." ... is just a weak attempt to hide your lack of originality.
In an anonymous forum you can exaggerate or downplay this or that, lie a little or pretend something, boast or tell the truth. For the person writing and reading reactions it might have some effect, even for minutes after ("so, now I’ve shown them"), but you don’t really believe that anyone here, when they leave the computer, still remembers who, for example, a Steffen is and what he earns?
I actually feel sorry for you at this moment – because you have to know how to handle money: not only bring it among people, spend it or save it, but also treat your personal environment fairly.
And: money isn’t everything, and you apparently have too little of the latter – at least that hasn’t been going too well for you lately.