I grew up with and work with plenty of the same type of people
I had to accept that my resentment at growing up broke doesn't affect them. At. All.
you prolly gave them a good chuckle when you left because now they know how vexed y'all truly were.
If you really stopped trying to keep up with the Joneses, it wouldn't have come to that in the first place. That really should have been a private convo between you and your wife.