Workplace income disparity - weird boss

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My boss has a bit of an ego. He earns quite well but wife doesn’t work. It’s obvious that the thinks he should be “superior” to me in life generally because he’s senior to me. We’re both qualified professionals.

Whilst I earn about 25k less than him, my husband earns about the same as him so we’ll have a slightly higher household income. My husband and I are about 15 years younger.

It’s obvious he’s put out about this from certain remarks and reactions to things like where we’ve bought a house, holidays etc. Not that I flaunt these things. Just comes up in conversation. It seems to bother him. It’s as if he thinks I’m not entitled to this standard of living that my husband and I work hard for.

Not really looking for advice, just wonder if anyone has experience of this?

It's better to keep quiet about things you buy at work.

Not quite the same but I had quite similar experiences with one colleague who earned more than me.

He would be continually saying ‘you & DH must be rolling in it’ and making all kinds of comments about finances when I never ever brought it up and rarely talked about holidays etc

He seemed to take offence that they were living off credits cards & presumed we weren’t (he was correct!)

But he had three young kids and we didn’t have any so of course we had more disposable income. Also I was on slightly less than him, my DH on double mine & his DW on much less

His complete obsession with it was weird & when he realized he couldn’t earn more in our sector he left for something with bonuses.

To clarify, I don’t discuss what I buy. He has met my husband and knows his job. It’ll be obvious based on him knowing what I earn and knowing my husband is in a reasonable job, that our income is bigger. There are two of us working so it’s obvious. He knows where I live, has seen my husband’s car. We sit 2m apart and work closely together and get on we’ll do it’s just life chat, not discussions about buying things or material things.