I had an interesting evening Friday night. My DW and I attended my FIL's retirement party. My mom and FIL kept introducing us to people and telling them we were also going to retire in the next year. You can imagine the looks on their faces. The hard part was how to explain how we can retire at such a young age in a brief discussion with someone you just met. I think it takes at least a 30 minutes to really explain to someone. Anyway, we got lots of practice.
The other part of the evening that was interesting is that my mom and FIL seemed eager to tell people about our early retirement. For the past few years they have been a little reserved when we talk about retiring in a few years. Now it seems they have come to accpet it and even embrace it. They are going to full-time RV for the majority of the year and now ask us when we are going to get an RV and join them.
Have any other young retires or soon-to-be young retires had the experience of attending a retirement party for their parents? If yes, did it feel a little strange?
The other part of the evening that was interesting is that my mom and FIL seemed eager to tell people about our early retirement. For the past few years they have been a little reserved when we talk about retiring in a few years. Now it seems they have come to accpet it and even embrace it. They are going to full-time RV for the majority of the year and now ask us when we are going to get an RV and join them.
Have any other young retires or soon-to-be young retires had the experience of attending a retirement party for their parents? If yes, did it feel a little strange?
