Even the best laid plans go to hell. I had hoped to glide into retirement, but its getting ugly. Its looking like trumps tan. Can i get a hell yeah? Did your retirement plan go to hell? Tell me about it....
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.i was smart or lazy enough to stay in the canadian navy & air force for 23 yrs so get an OK pension + social security. wife has good pension. i probably live better than i really deserve.
callmedubious
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July 17, 2019
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I started planning when I was about 25 years old, thanks in part to a great mentor and friend who told me to save, save, save.
My goal was to retire at age 47....but when 47 rolled around, I realized I liked working so I continued. Working helped me get through the period of taking care of aging parents. When they all died, it was sort of a wake-up call that we were basically "free" to do whatever we wanted...
I am easing into to retirement by working less hours, but it won't be until I move that it will sink in...
thinktwice
Level 8
July 17, 2019
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Mine went ok, but it was mostly luck of inheriting a pretty good amount of money from, first, my mother, then my late wife, and now my father. I have always lived simply and frugally, so once I saw I would soon likely not need to work anymore, I retired about a year ago. Unless I have a stroke and then need expensive care for a bunch of years before I die, which is always possible, I have enough to live comfortably at my level for as long as I am likely to be around. I hated most of the jobs I had during my working years, so why keep working for the man when I would rather be free and doing things I actually like whenever I want?
I am sorry things turned out bad for you. Nobody deserves to be a slave to the man until they die, but many do end up with that.
TomMcGiverin
Level 8
July 17, 2019
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@tommcgiverin well good for you! I will be fine, it's just not going to be the exit I wanted. I wanted to leave on top on my own terms. It doesnt seem likely that either will happen.
@Bigwavedave I hear you. It always feels better to leave on your own terms, but few of us get lucky enough to have it that way. I really enjoyed getting to tell my final employer to take their job and shove it.
My retirement plan is now to live off my grandchildren.
I'm not really joking. I am fairly certain they will help their grandma since they've always lived with me and are pretty close to me but I hate it that they may have to.
I've considered retiring to a 3rd world country but if the U.S. dollar loses its power, I could be worse off than living here.
Lucy_Fehr
Level 8
July 17, 2019
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I have heard of a lot of working class people doing that, and was going to look into that if I had not inherited the money. I had heard good things about Costa Rica as a place Americans could live comfortably off a modest retirement income.
Nope.
But then I followed my dad's advice about such things and started preparing in my early twenties.
What exactly "went to hell" BWD?
bigpawbullets
Level 9
July 17, 2019
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Retirement plan? What retirement plan??? I live paycheck to paycheck. My retirement plan is to work until they bury me in a box. Then they’ll piss on my grave for having the audacity to die while on the clock.
webbew1
Level 7
July 17, 2019
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We joke that we hope we die at work so they will be inconvenienced for an hour or two
"Left a good job in the city, working for the man every night and day..." - Proud Mary by John Fogerty.
@TomMcGiverin That song is so special to me. My father was a drummer who did not have a good singing voice but everyone had to sing at least one song so that was his because he said you didnt sing it, you growled it.
@Lucy_Fehr Glad you liked it being noted. I quoted it only because I liked the line about working for the man and because I don't know of any other song with a similar reference to that subject, except maybe the Bachman- Turner Overdrive song Taking Care Of Business, which I don't like at all.
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