thefinancebuff
Recycles dryer sheets
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- Dec 6, 2008
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The test is if the two of you separate right then and there without one supporting another, whether the one not working can stay not working and still live more or less the same lifestyle. Most stay-at-home parents can't pass this test. Therefore they are not retired. Your husband can. Therefore he's retired.When my husband reached age 62 and chose to not work anymore... and even let his architectural license lapse - did he not retire? (Because I was still working?)
Word has meanings. It's not all semantics or what anybody thinks or makes up.
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