Are you retired?

[Enuff2Eat]

Are you retired?

How old are you when you retire?

When do you want to retire?

I like to calculate the average age of the people here FIREed. It's a long dream of my but never have enough guts or money to pull the trigger.

enuff

 

[REWahoo]

Are you retired? Yes

How old are you when you retire? 58

When do you want to retire? Long before I actually did!

 

[MichaelB]

I'm not sure when I really began to think about retirement, but unusual for the people here at ER forum, it was some time after I stopped working. In my 20's, however, I first began thinking about financial independence, and by my early 30's that was a critical goal. Even back then I understood I would not make it to "retirement age" in the corporate world.

 

[Nemo2]

I stopped participating in 'gainful employment' aged 46, (I turn 73 this September....if I make it ); can't say I'm 'retired', since I never worked long enough to retire 'from' anything.

 

[ERTX]

Yes.


35.


23.

 

[pb4uski]

Yes, 56, 55. Delayed a year in part due to recession and wanted to get down to only one home before retiring.

 

[athena53]

Yes. Retired at 61, had planned to work till 65 but the politics got ugly and I decided I'd had enough.

 

[freebird5825]

Yes

48.5 (Plan B kicked in)

50 (the original Plan A)

 

[pullmyfinger]

Yes
45
As soon as I could

 

[heeyy_joe]

Yes. 59. 58. 50- Pulled the trigger after DW's successful battle with breast cancer in 2013.

 

[imoldernu]

Retired age 53

Currently in 79th year

Wasn't by plan, but temporary circumstances "health"... but took a chance and never went back.

 

[Masquernom]

Yes, I'm retired as of today.

I'm age 57.

I originally planned to retire at 54, but worked three more years as wife got a new job and needed to work there three years to vest.

 

[Lakedog]

Yes

51

51

 

[Willers]

Not retired, plan to leave my employer at 53. Recently planned on 55 because of a retirement healthcare benefit at megacorp. We got sold off so that went away and I moved up the date.

Only FI was a goal when I was younger, not RE. I didn't actually plan to retire early, just to have the freedom to do whatever I wanted without money being an issue. Not sure I'll ever completely retire but we'll see.

 

[MRG]

Retired almost 2 years now.

56

50 the 08 recession gave me reason for 5 OMYs.

 

[Sea Kayaker]

Yes.

42

32. For whatever reason, this was the age that it suddenly dawned on me that I did not want to work into old age. This was the start of my "ten year plan". It worked.

 

[jabbahop]

no - one month away

55

55

 

[HFWR]

Are you retired?

No...

About to pull the trigger on December of this year.

How old will you be when you retire?

61

When do you want to retire?

Twenty-five or so years ago...

 

[poorcarver]

Yes
67
I never thought about it. I was all about FI but just sort of assumed that I would always work because I could not imagine not working. In the summer when I was 66 I was asked what my plans were. I said retire one of these days maybe when I am 70 (DW is a lot younger). By October it was next Spring and by December it was NOW.

 

[ocdokie]

Are you retired?

Yes, I retired 5 years ago.

How old (we)re you when you retire(d)?

52

When d(id) you want to retire?

48

 

[scrabbler1]

Are you retired?

How old are you when you retire?

When do you want to retire?

I like to calculate the average age of the people here FIREed. It's a long dream of my but never have enough guts or money to pull the trigger.

enuff

I am retired.

I retired in late 2008 at age 45.

When ER first became a viable option, I thought I would be able to do it in my early 50s. But things fell into place rapidly in the last decade so I was able to ER at 45.

 

[Accidental Retiree]

Yes, I'm retired as of today.

I'm age 57.

I originally planned to retire at 54, but worked three more years as wife got a new job and needed to work there three years to vest.

Congrats!

 

[Accidental Retiree]

Yes, I'm retired. I'd planned for us to retire at 55 (me) and 57 (DH), in late 2010 or 2011.

We both got unexpectedly ejected in 2008--2 years early--and we weren't ready to stop working altogether, so we kept looking for new work, mainly because it was 2008-09 and it was a scary time to CHOOSE to be out of work.

By 2013, I told DH that we had made it that far OK and we were going to be officially retired from that time on.

If that "accidental retirement" hadn't occurred, I have no doubt he'd still be working.

Not me, though.

 

[jjquantz]

Are you retired?

Yes

How old are you when you retire?

55

When do you want to retire?

Started thinking about it in a vague way when I was about 48 or so - I remember talking to my Fidelity Rep and telling him that the reason I was 100% in equities at the time was because I needed a big run up in the market if I was to meet my goal of retiring at 55. I was half-kidding but it seems to have worked out.

 

[SteveNU]

Yes

56

56 as soon as I was able to retire with a full pension.