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[quote=Anonymous]Our house is great.  We bought a few years ago and, in order to get the price we wanted, we compromised on some things.  But, overall, it's a great house in a nice neighborhood with good schools.  Our friends just bought a place near us for $400k more than we paid.  We are all government employees, so we know what they make and the fact that they could pay that price is confounding to us.  We know there is no family money there.  They are just grinders like the rest of us.  So the price, in and of itself, was shocking.

But even leaving the money aside (since we really don't know the truth about the entirety of their finances), I am SO ENVIOUS of the actual house that they bought.  It's everything we would've wanted - no compromises.  Ugh.  I want to be happy for them - and I am, I think!- but I need to figure out how to get back into a place of peace and contentment about what I have vs. comparing it to what they have. I don't like feeling this way.  Anyone with some advice?  [/quote]

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