Hi,
this situation you described has occured to both myself and my wife, and close friends. I think that people also change as time moves on and we see another side of life. I have some very successful friends, with similar stories to yourself, and they feel happy to talk openly about wealth and business concepts. However, i also have friends that i will need to choose my words carefully with.

A friend of mine who recently stayed with me at Xmas with his family said the very same thing you had listed. We had some good dscussion on the subject during Xmas and we boith agree that there are three types of people in life:
1) those that are genuinely happy for you and use your success as motivational.
2)those that want hand outs (financial)
3)those that are angry with your success for variuos reasons (these people are likely to ring the tax department and tell stories that arn’t true)

In life i have found those that are genuinely happy for you can be counted on one hand, and thats a good thing i guess.
To be happy with others you need to be first happy with yourself

RH