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Post by thyme4change on Feb 2, 2020 16:31:15 GMT -5
I wonder if these people who can't imagine not having a job don't have any friends or family around? Alternately - maybe just jealous - they can't afford a sabbatical - and like to make it out to be weird/bad? I have friends and family, but my friends all work, and I don't have daily contact with my parents, so I assume my kids will not have daily contact with me. I wouldn't expect my family to make enough time for me to fill the 40+ hours I currently spend at work.
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Post by buystoys on Feb 2, 2020 16:43:35 GMT -5
I've had enough medical issues with DH, myself, and my family that the last six years has just flown by. I was retired by disability, so there really wasn't a lot of planning done. Fortunately, DH and I had both saved for retirement and we're OK financially.
The medical issues should slow down soon, so maybe this summer all I have to do is sit by the pool every day. That's an effort in the Texas heat!
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 2, 2020 17:09:34 GMT -5
The time of my retirement was worked out well in regards to my parents. Two months after I retired, my parents began their descent into death over the next four years. Spent time driving them from Massachusetts to South Carolina to be watched over by my brother and his wife. Then multiple trips to South Carolina when medical events occurred.
Had I been working I would have missed a lot of work. So it worked out for me.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2020 17:16:00 GMT -5
I retired along with DH 4 years ago at age 61. I am a pretty lazy person. Although we do keep busy and travel a lot, I am perfectly content to spend some days doing nothing. Hanging out at the house with books or computer. We thought we would do some volunteering or part time work. But we've found we don't seem to want to commit to ANY required schedule.
I must admit that I too, am a pretty lazy person. The idea of not having to follow any schedule but my own is very appealing to me. It honestly makes me happy when I can just piddle around the house and not go anywhere unless I want to. I don’t just lay around on those days, I’m not a morning person but I still get up early because I want to savor every moment of a day that I don’t have to go to work lol. As long as I have a car and money to put gas in it, (meaning I COULD go somewhere if I want to), I like being at home and I can see myself being content indefinitely. I don’t think I would be a total slug and never do anything productive after I retire, but I’m looking forward to being able to do things when I want to do them.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2020 17:22:09 GMT -5
Retirement is freedom. My parents spend 5 months a year at the family cottage and I'm hoping to do the same. I also hope to have enough money to travel elsewhere for the rest of the year. Retirement goal is buying a condo on a cruise ship that just travels the world. Yes! That’s how I see it. My working years (hopefully) buy my freedom to not be committed to any thing or place at some point in my life.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Feb 2, 2020 19:41:21 GMT -5
I’m probably going to retire in the next couple of years. I’m 48 so I’m shooting for 51 or 52. I technically have enough money to live on but it’s the health insurance that scares me. If a dem does get in and it’s free healthcare for all, I will be retiring sooner rather than later
That’s not to say I’m just going to sit home. I want to consult or do project work. Or even just volunteer (if tax rates get too crazy I would sooner volunteer). I just want to have the ability to what I want and nothing, if that’s what I choose.
Of course, I’m a worrier so it will take a lot for me to actually pull the trigger! Growing up not knowing if you were going to have heat does a number on you. I almost feel like I can never have enough assets...yet I want to enjoy life when I’m still youngish.
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Post by Apple on Feb 2, 2020 20:51:27 GMT -5
I have so many things I want to do, and none of them involve going to work. I don't want to "wish my life away", but I seriously cannot wait until I get to retire!
My retirement and benefits are similar (maybe completely the same as) @pinkcshmere's. I'm hoping that the perfect "early out" opportunity presents itself when I'm 51 (10 years), though I become eligible for an early out, with full benefits, at 46.
I work with mostly "lifers". I started at my current location 19+ years ago (I worked here, then another location that went bad, so I came back). Several of these guys were here when I got here, or were hired within a year or two after I was. I'm the youngest in my crew of that group, and I'm the only one planning to go the moment I'm eligible. Some of them make over $10/hour more than I do (we are the same crew, but the job is so different that I have no desire to do it, it's just not worth the money). Several have working spouses. They go on about how they "can't afford to retire" that early. I've seen several people get their "50 year pin". I've seen one who got a "60 year pin". The thought of that, for me, is sickening. I'm only here to pay my bills until I can pay them without having to work anymore (retirement benefits are too good to leave early, leaving them on the table).
I have no problem not working on my one and two-weeks off stretches. I only go to work this week because they want to do an all-crew meeting (first one I've heard of), otherwise I'd just be off for the week.
Some days/weeks off, I'm lazy and unmotivated. Some days I'm very productive. Some days I'm out of the country eating new-to-me foods and wandering around all day, soaking in another culture. I expect retirement will have the same mix, except I hope to have a maid so I can be even more lazy.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2020 21:08:49 GMT -5
I’m probably going to retire in the next couple of years. I’m 48 so I’m shooting for 51 or 52. I technically have enough money to live on but it’s the health insurance that scares me. If a dem does get in and it’s free healthcare for all, I will be retiring sooner rather than later That’s not to say I’m just going to sit home. I want to consult or do project work. Or even just volunteer (if tax rates get too crazy I would sooner volunteer). I just want to have the ability to what I want and nothing, if that’s what I choose. Of course, I’m a worrier so it will take a lot for me to actually pull the trigger! Growing up not knowing if you were going to have heat does a number on you. I almost feel like I can never have enough assets...yet I want to enjoy life when I’m still youngish. I am shooting for 58 or 59. If nothing changes with my retirement benefits (I’m praying and crossing my fingers) I can keep my current health insurance for the same costs in retirement. Worst scenario is that DBF and I aren’t together when I retire, but my house will be paid for by then so I’ll at least have somewhere to live that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. I live in an area that has a fairly low cost of living, so if my housing is covered (no rent or mortgage, taxes and insurance is ok), and I have access to my employer’s health insurance like I would if I retired today, I think I’d be ok between my pension, my retirement savings, and SS if it’s still there. If SS goes away, things would be tight, but I could probably survive without resorting to eating cat food.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2020 21:19:58 GMT -5
I have so many things I want to do, and none of them involve going to work. I don't want to "wish my life away", but I seriously cannot wait until I get to retire! My retirement and benefits are similar (maybe completely the same as) @pinkcshmere 's. I'm hoping that the perfect "early out" opportunity presents itself when I'm 51 (10 years), though I become eligible for an early out, with full benefits, at 46. I work with mostly "lifers". I started at my current location 19+ years ago (I worked here, then another location that went bad, so I came back). Several of these guys were here when I got here, or were hired within a year or two after I was. I'm the youngest in my crew of that group, and I'm the only one planning to go the moment I'm eligible. Some of them make over $10/hour more than I do (we are the same crew, but the job is so different that I have no desire to do it, it's just not worth the money). Several have working spouses. They go on about how they "can't afford to retire" that early. I've seen several people get their "50 year pin". I've seen one who got a "60 year pin". The thought of that, for me, is sickening. I'm only here to pay my bills until I can pay them without having to work anymore (retirement benefits are too good to leave early, leaving them on the table). I have no problem not working on my one and two-weeks off stretches. I only go to work this week because they want to do an all-crew meeting (first one I've heard of), otherwise I'd just be off for the week. Some days/weeks off, I'm lazy and unmotivated. Some days I'm very productive. Some days I'm out of the country eating new-to-me foods and wandering around all day, soaking in another culture. I expect retirement will have the same mix, except I hope to have a maid so I can be even more lazy. I’m pretty sure our retirement benefits are similar, if not identical. We’ve not had an early out offered for several years, but I think one is probably coming sooner rather than later. I’m 48yo now, and if it comes before I’m 50yo, I won’t be able to take advantage of it though. Any time after I’m 50, I’ll be crunching numbers and trying to figure out if I can make it work for me! I simply don’t like working. I do it because I have to, and I’m grateful to have a job that pays what it does for what I do. But I’m still looking forward to the day I can say “Buh-bye”.
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 2, 2020 21:44:49 GMT -5
The time of my retirement was worked out well in regards to my parents. Two months after I retired, my parents began their descent into death over the next four years. Spent time driving them from Massachusetts to South Carolina to be watched over by my brother and his wife. Then multiple trips to South Carolina when medical events occurred. Had I been working I would have missed a lot of work. So it worked out for me. I was wondering if my first 'purpose' after retirement would be my parents. Hang in there Mom and Dad. I can't retire until I get the kids through college.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Feb 2, 2020 22:07:21 GMT -5
I’m probably going to retire in the next couple of years. I’m 48 so I’m shooting for 51 or 52. I technically have enough money to live on but it’s the health insurance that scares me. If a dem does get in and it’s free healthcare for all, I will be retiring sooner rather than later That’s not to say I’m just going to sit home. I want to consult or do project work. Or even just volunteer (if tax rates get too crazy I would sooner volunteer). I just want to have the ability to what I want and nothing, if that’s what I choose. Of course, I’m a worrier so it will take a lot for me to actually pull the trigger! Growing up not knowing if you were going to have heat does a number on you. I almost feel like I can never have enough assets...yet I want to enjoy life when I’m still youngish. I am shooting for 58 or 59. If nothing changes with my retirement benefits (I’m praying and crossing my fingers) I can keep my current health insurance for the same costs in retirement. Worst scenario is that DBF and I aren’t together when I retire, but my house will be paid for by then so I’ll at least have somewhere to live that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. I live in an area that has a fairly low cost of living, so if my housing is covered (no rent or mortgage, taxes and insurance is ok), and I have access to my employer’s health insurance like I would if I retired today, I think I’d be ok between my pension, my retirement savings, and SS if it’s still there. If SS goes away, things would be tight, but I could probably survive without resorting to eating cat food. That’s awesome that you can continue with employee health insurance! That is my big sticking pointing. In the last year, I’ve had several classmates be diagnosed with later stage cancer. It just reminds me that life is short. I’ve spent my adult life busting my ass and now I want to just enjoy life.
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 2, 2020 22:15:17 GMT -5
If only we had a decent option for healthcare that wasn't tied to our employers.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2020 22:36:59 GMT -5
I always meant to retire at 65. So on one level, my retirement last May was purposeful. We thought we would have some time together. But three weeks after I retired, my husband's health fell apart. I would have been forced into retirement, anyway.
After he died in October, I started focusing on the house. I go to the thrift store almost every day to drop off, and I still have a lot of decluttering left to do. I pick up my grandson every Tuesday, and I usually have lunch with my DIL every other week. I have had no trouble finding stuff I want to do. Yet sometimes I do nothing.
It helps to have enough money. My pension and SS are at least what I earned. I no longer save for retirement, and I no longer pay SS taxes, Medicare taxes, or state income taxes. I still save, but I have enough not to worry. And I have $500k in retirement funds. I live a simple life, but money isn't a stressor.
I miss DH, but I will make it.
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Post by lynnerself on Feb 3, 2020 3:27:41 GMT -5
If only we had a decent option for healthcare that wasn't tied to our employers. When I retired at 61, the first question everyone had was "what are you doing for health care insurance?"
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Post by plugginaway22 on Feb 3, 2020 8:27:51 GMT -5
That medical insurance thing is all that holds me back from retiring right now! I would love to decide what to do each day. I have aging parents, 3 adult children and now 2 grand-babies; there never seems to be enough time.
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Post by Rukh O'Rorke on Feb 3, 2020 8:49:29 GMT -5
I’m probably going to retire in the next couple of years. I’m 48 so I’m shooting for 51 or 52. I technically have enough money to live on but it’s the health insurance that scares me. If a dem does get in and it’s free healthcare for all, I will be retiring sooner rather than later That’s not to say I’m just going to sit home. I want to consult or do project work. Or even just volunteer (if tax rates get too crazy I would sooner volunteer). I just want to have the ability to what I want and nothing, if that’s what I choose. Of course, I’m a worrier so it will take a lot for me to actually pull the trigger! Growing up not knowing if you were going to have heat does a number on you. I almost feel like I can never have enough assets...yet I want to enjoy life when I’m still youngish. I am shooting for 58 or 59. If nothing changes with my retirement benefits (I’m praying and crossing my fingers) I can keep my current health insurance for the same costs in retirement. Worst scenario is that DBF and I aren’t together when I retire, but my house will be paid for by then so I’ll at least have somewhere to live that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. I live in an area that has a fairly low cost of living, so if my housing is covered (no rent or mortgage, taxes and insurance is ok), and I have access to my employer’s health insurance like I would if I retired today, I think I’d be ok between my pension, my retirement savings, and SS if it’s still there. If SS goes away, things would be tight, but I could probably survive without resorting to eating cat food. I'm 55 and feel like I'm wanting to think about scaling back at least. I'm not sure if it's age, or the issues going on at work, but I've started to consider extreme options to be able to quit. Maybe just fantasies, who knows! I need to at least start taking more time off, I have 4 work trips coming up by april 1st - two back to back where I don't even come home. Another is a full week - leave on a Sunday and return on a Saturday. These trips are 8-10 hours in meetings everyday - and catching up on other work in the evenings. They take a lot of prep work too. With no decrease in other work unrelated to the trips. So - I won't get a chance at any time off until April. And I'm really dragging already before these trips. And so in the next 8 weeks I'll be working or traveling 4 weekends. For 2 weekends, that is a travel day, and for 2, it's working Sat and Sun. At least there will be sun! 2 trips to FL and 2 in SoCal. I am hoping some sun will help and hoping for a splash or two in the ocean here and there. In terms of finances, I could do a modest, partial retirement right now, keeping my Rukh, Inc. clients - and try for more. But I'm not sure I'm ready to give up the house. And I likely couldn't keep it without a steady dayjob. Unlike others, I'm not too concerned about healthcare. I rarely use it, and although something serious might come up - well - I'd have to do my best. I'd keep a HDHP and I'm trying to max out my HSA money right now. So I'd be equipped for one year of medical crises, but a second may push me over. To the topic of the thread - What I would do in retirement is dependent on finances, and my activities of choice are generally pricey. I'm not doing these activities currently because of time, but hope to get back to them at some point. So the money part is an issue for me. Then again - as I get older I wonder about getting back to these. Will I really? I'm not doing much of interest on the weekends. Between dayjob and RI I work about 20 weekends out of the year, and that means working 6-7 days for the week. So when I don't have anything work-related to do, I focus on relaxing. I really enjoy the work I do, but I thinks it's too much right now. Just not sure which direction to go.
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Post by ohmomto2boys on Feb 3, 2020 9:09:51 GMT -5
I only work 30 hours and I love it. DH works 40+ and everyday he asks "how much longer?". He would quit working today if we were financially ready. We are DH-47 and me-52. We were talking about retirement over the weekend - how do we envision it. It would be nice to jump in the car (or book a flight) and take a trip. Go see our kids wherever they might land. Exercise regularly. Just basically do whatever we want, when we want. We are on schedule to retire when DH is 59 (I will probably stop around 61). However, that means our jobs need to remain constant and our savings need to continue as well.
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 3, 2020 9:11:38 GMT -5
I wonder how many older people are taking space at corporations because the can't retire until they hit Medicare age. I wonder how many jobs would suddenly become available, making room for younger workers. I wonder how much cheaper those younger workers would be (net, not individually). I wonder how many more people would be able to retire earlier if they had had no medical bills or high premiums their whole life.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Feb 3, 2020 10:16:25 GMT -5
If only we had a decent option for healthcare that wasn't tied to our employers. I agree to a point...but until we address the cost of healthcare, shifting who pays for it isn't going to help us as a nation. And that is my biggest gripe with both the democrats and the republicans. Both parties are owned by lobbyists. It is obviously in my best interest to have the taxpayers foot the bill for my health insurance (I would give my notice yesterday!) but I don't truly believe that is what is best for our country. If there every comes a point where the two sides work together, figure out how to provide efficient, effective and much less expensive health care, I will be on board. The ACA did absolutely shit to address the cost. If DF requires surgery like he believes he will, his out of pocket between premiums and deductibles will be just under $14k. And yes, Trump is now in office but trust me, it wasn't any cheaper for him when Obama was in office (other than the normal hike the plan gets each year). His healthcare costs were one of the main reasons I changed my mind on marriage (that, and he really is a great guy and I want to ditch my ex's last name
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Post by Miss Tequila on Feb 3, 2020 10:17:55 GMT -5
I wonder how many older people are taking space at corporations because the can't retire until they hit Medicare age. I wonder how many jobs would suddenly become available, making room for younger workers. I wonder how much cheaper those younger workers would be (net, not individually). I wonder how many more people would be able to retire earlier if they had had no medical bills or high premiums their whole life. I know my SIL is hanging on until medicare age. Now, she never made a high salary as she works in the file room at a doctor's office so that put her behind to begin with. The practice was bought out by a larger health care system that is requiring them to go paperless so her prayer is that she gets to medicare age before they phase her out. Quite a sad situation.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Feb 3, 2020 10:21:24 GMT -5
I only work 30 hours and I love it. DH works 40+ and everyday he asks "how much longer?". He would quit working today if we were financially ready. We are DH-47 and me-52. We were talking about retirement over the weekend - how do we envision it. It would be nice to jump in the car (or book a flight) and take a trip. Go see our kids wherever they might land. Exercise regularly. Just basically do whatever we want, when we want. We are on schedule to retire when DH is 59 (I will probably stop around 61). However, that means our jobs need to remain constant and our savings need to continue as well. I was talking this morning with BF about it! Something about the Monday morning drive in makes me question retirement...lol I need to work 30 hours a week to keep health insurance. He is self-employed but can hire someone to work part-time for him. That might be the route we try in the next year or two. My company is not in a position right now, to have me take a step back. I'm also willing to take a much lessor role (I would love a job where I punch in, do my stuff and leave!). In the end, I need to make sure a part-time gig gives us the flexibility that we need, otherwise we would still be tied to work, just making less!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2020 10:35:16 GMT -5
I wonder how many older people are taking space at corporations because the can't retire until they hit Medicare age. I wonder how many jobs would suddenly become available, making room for younger workers. I wonder how much cheaper those younger workers would be (net, not individually). I wonder how many more people would be able to retire earlier if they had had no medical bills or high premiums their whole life. It isn't just health care that is making these people hang on. As the age for drawing full social security has increased, so has the pressure to remain on the job until age 66 and maybe even to 70. Now the rules for RMDs is pushing that toward 72. Medicare just hasn't followed suit yet.
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Post by Tiny on Feb 3, 2020 10:43:49 GMT -5
I wonder if these people who can't imagine not having a job don't have any friends or family around? Alternately - maybe just jealous - they can't afford a sabbatical - and like to make it out to be weird/bad? I don't think it's the lack of family/friends. I think it might be the nature of their job as in they may need to keep up with technology to do their job - so they are always doing something related to their day job even when they are not at work (talking about their work, learning about new stuff to do with their job, thinking about the stuff that makes up their job). Technology jobs are like that - you have to re-learn it every 3 to 5 years as technology changes. On the other hand, I've known people who mostly drink alcohol/get high, eat out, and watch sports/TV as their "hobby". It might be because that is all they have time for after working.... not sure. Then there are the parents - who do kid stuff outside of work (as they should be doing) - some of them are more passive about some are more active. I think the more active ones view it as a "hobby" as they coach or join the school board or whatever...
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Feb 3, 2020 11:00:44 GMT -5
I wonde r how many older people are taking space at corporations because the can't retire until they hit Medicare age. I wonder how many jobs would suddenly become available, making room for younger workers. I wonder how much cheaper those younger workers would be (net, not individually). I wonder how many more people would be able to retire earlier if they had had no medical bills or high premiums their whole life. I'll bet there are quite a few. I know several personally who are just hanging on for that reason. I've said for years that the Medicare age should be lowered to 55. I believe that would encourage more early retirements and open up more (better) jobs.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Feb 3, 2020 11:13:18 GMT -5
I wonder how many older people are taking space at corporations because the can't retire until they hit Medicare age. I wonder how many jobs would suddenly become available, making room for younger workers. I wonder how much cheaper those younger workers would be (net, not individually). I wonder how many more people would be able to retire earlier if they had had no medical bills or high premiums their whole life. It isn't just health care that is making these people hang on. As the age for drawing full social security has increased, so has the pressure to remain on the job until age 66 and maybe even to 70. Now the rules for RMDs is pushing that toward 72. Medicare just hasn't followed suit yet. I have a guy working for me now who is 73 years old. I inherited him when I started here last year. He is very clear that he works because he has to (he will be the first one to tell you that he made a LOT of bad financial decisions!). He is a very dedicated employee and is very loyal to the company. The hard part for me is that he is just not very computer literate. His workpapers were all handed written instead of using excel. We have a lot of credit card activity so I showed him how to download the statement into Excel, code it quickly and do a quick pivot table. He is just "not comfortable" doing that. Instead, he prints a hard copy of the statement, manually codes each line item and then adds them up...which takes a couple of times because no one is good enough to add up 4 pages of numbers and not make a mistake! So what would take me probably 20 minutes takes him hours (a lot of the vendors are daily type purchase that all go to the same spot - filter, code and move on). It isn't that he isn't a smart guy, he just never kept up with the times. I come from a background of being as efficient as possible and moving on. I could hire someone else to do the job and probably 50% more because he is so slow (because he can't use technology!) but then would I be opening up a lawsuit?
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Feb 3, 2020 11:33:16 GMT -5
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Post by countrygirl2 on Feb 3, 2020 11:38:38 GMT -5
I didn't get the choice of making it to retirement sick mom, sick daughter, so end of career. Then thankfully hubs got a really good advancement that made it for us. And he was able to stick with it for 15 years. As he said some good luck, some being in the right place at the right time. But luck didn't keep him on the job for 15 years. He would keep saying he would work till 70. But I think he would have quit 2 years early except we decided to build him 2 really nice garages, so he worked an extra year to pay for them too oh and turned out this house had to have a new roof, that was not in the plan. The locations he was working in finally got depressing, just nothing to do there, but the money to crazy good to leave. He thought about 1 more cycle but had to sign another 3 year contract and we decided he just didn't need to do that as he only wanted 1 more year at the most and didn't want to quit after signing another contract. It was time anyway.
So he had really been working to get all these houses on the market. Now we are on the last one and I would say 1 or 2 more months at the most. After that he has kitchen floor covering to replace in one of our rentals. And hardwood here.
I know we said we wouldn't but we are going to look at a place down the road from us about 10 miles. It's within 2 miles of town, only 2 houses near it but one is gorgeous. It's probably a 1/2 mile off highway 41. It's only on a couple of acres, we think needs to much work though, but hubs likes the location and I do too. And its all on 1 level. One 3 car garage and 2 old barns we are not sure are salvageable. The house is all on 1 level, which is better for me, it used to be beautiful and we think could again. It has 4 bedrooms so one could be my sewing/whatever room. It could be made into a beautiful house again. The other house we saw is in excellent condition with a huge storage barn for hubs but to rural for me.
So this is what we have found to do in retirement. He is able to slow down on the work now and I'm glad. We both just kind of work at our own speed. Sadly the last 2 years my health is not what is was, but I'm doing better, finally.
But even on medicare the cost is not low like you would think. If it keeps raising over the next 10 years like it has my whole SS will go for insurance only. And I mean just my insurance. As it is now, most of it goes for health insurance for both of us. We hope to keep our rentals till age 80, that is our goal. But if one of us gets incapacitated we will start selling one a year to add to income. Even here they will sell for something as they are in good condition, they were before we put them in service.
While I might like to travel, its not killing me I can't as much. It's pretty nice to just be around home and I like having hubs here, so its ok. We may take a trip this summer and if son moves we will fly up to see them. I just hope I can garden again, I love to read, and sew at times. DD and I intend to do some kind of exercise too. Our days are pretty busy. Right now I'm getting ready to go the purged stuff again and go stain cabinets. As usual being lazy this morning.
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countrygirl2
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Post by countrygirl2 on Feb 3, 2020 11:41:58 GMT -5
Oh and almost everyone hubs planned on reviving friendships with here are either dead or to incapacitated to even get out of the house in some cases. I'm glad he is doing ok, but kind of bad for him.
We took his mom out yesterday, her mind is really bad but physically that old lady is active. She gets around better them me at 93. Like I said she will outlive me.
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Post by tskeeter on Feb 3, 2020 12:27:03 GMT -5
The only problem I have with "everyday is Saturday" is that everything can be put off another day. When I was working things had to get done on my day off. Now I can say "I'll get to it tomorrow." Me too. I find that making lists is even more important to getting anything done now than it was when I was working. You know it takes some coordinating to plan three or four vacation trips a year.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Feb 3, 2020 13:25:54 GMT -5
You don't like Tequila? lol! I kept my ex's name because it was important to me to have the same last name as my children (except on FB!lol). My kids are now grown so I'm good now!
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