How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Working - Page 2

astromeria · 11-15-2006, 12:44 PM

Retired since 8/12/05...1 year and 3 months. It's gooooood, real good.

C-T, your wife still working doesn't mean you're not retired--it just means you're probably not living off your stash yet, or not entirely anyway. I'm in the same boat.

kz · 11-15-2006, 01:00 PM

I retired at 39 and that was almost 13 yrs ago. What a ride!!

kcowan · 11-15-2006, 01:40 PM

August 2002 along with DW.

There have been some adjustments, and we have discovered our need to travel 4 x each year to some exotic faraway place. Thanks to the good behaviour of the markets and lower spending then planned, we are now eligible for FIRE.

Eagle43 · 11-15-2006, 01:57 PM

First of January it will be 3 years. Wow, time flies. Life is good.

Nords · 11-15-2006, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DOG52

What kind of work does your wife do? Does she make so much it's hard to quit or she just enjoys work? Just wondered why she hasen't retired.

I'm not C-T either, but here's our version.

My spouse actually left active duty 15 months before I retired; she took a six-year commitment to the Navy Reserve. That expires this May and renders her retirement-eligible but she's just starting a three-year "dream billet". She's been bouncing in & out of pay billets over the last five-plus years, grossing roughly $12K-$15K/year when she was getting paid for her weekend a month & two weeks/year. (We've also gotten a few all-expenses-paid trips to Bangkok out of the job so I'm not complaining.) She enjoys the personalities she meets and she's figured out that the full-time career is definitely not for her. Lately even the part-time career has been deemed overly onerous, but we'll see how she feels about the new job. Now that Rumsfeld has decamped the activists are starting up the age-55 retirement campaign again and she may decide to hang around for 30 (until 2013) to see what happens. But when the pay billets stop and she has to drill for free, it doesn't take long for her to start whining questioning her resolve.

When she's working I surf my butt off take care of the home front, laze around hang out baking cookies and cleaning the kitchen when the kid gets home from school, enjoy those discounted lunchtime action movies at our local multiplex get caught up on all the honey-dos, and pick up Costco pizza make sure there's a wholesome & nutritious dinner on the table when she gets home from her hard day at the office. It's what supporting your spouse is all about...

donheff · 11-15-2006, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Nords

When she's working I ... enjoy those discounted lunchtime action movies at our local multiplex ...

It is interesting that I never thought of doing that. I long ago stopped going to horror flicks and low rent action flicks since DW doesn't like them. For me, on the other hand, an escape from high-brow is quite a pleasure. Lets see, where is the Post style section? 8)

TromboneAl · 11-15-2006, 07:39 PM

3.5 months.

Today was a great example of "Woke up with nothing to do, and by the end of the day only got half of it done." Walked by the broken couch, and realized that there was a way I could fix it, and puttered around with it all morning (see "wood glue" thread).

kowski · 11-15-2006, 09:02 PM

Wife and I retired 2 months apart. 4 years and 4 months for me. no regrets. Nephew and wife are down from Michigan visiting and when they tell their work stories I could not imagine being back in those environments.

Momtwo · 11-16-2006, 04:31 PM

DH and I retired for 5 years- 3 months also!

Momtwo

WilliamG · 11-16-2006, 04:58 PM

Retired March 1, 2000. I timed the market.

Danny · 11-16-2006, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by WilliamG

Retired March 1, 2000. I timed the market.

You're a brave man to say that around here...

BarbaraAnne · 11-16-2006, 05:25 PM

12 years since leaving the corporate world.

DH moved from the corporate fast lane to the non-corporate slow lane 4 years ago. He is much happier because he is doing what he really enjoys rather than being in the corporate pressure cooker. We are in our early 50's and still have one kid at home in high school. Once he graduates, DH will retire. We'll be leaving suburbia (

) and downsizing to a condo in an urban environment. Our dream is to travel at least 4 months a year and not worry about the hassle of maintaining a house.

audreyh1 · 11-16-2006, 06:32 PM

7 years and 3 months. I can't believe it's been that long, it's all gone by so fast!

Audrey

donheff · 11-16-2006, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WilliamG

Retired March 1, 2000. I timed the market.

Yeah, but did you time it right or wrong?

heyyou · 11-16-2006, 09:25 PM

56 weeks and I agree with Audrey, the time goes really fast. This is the happiest that I've ever been, except when newly married.
Joe

WilliamG · 11-17-2006, 07:39 AM

"Retired March 1, 2000. I timed the market."

Ok, I didn't really do any market timing. That's just when I turned old enuf to retire at my old company. Had already been fine tuning asset allocation, but decided better move from about 60% to 50% equities as I rolled 401k and lump sum pension to Vanguard in March and April. Was a good move, but strictly luck of the birthday!

RE2Boys · 11-17-2006, 08:28 AM

Retired from a career job Feb 2000 at age 50 (with a 1 and 3 year old at home) hence my screen name. Did part time consulting for about 18 months, quit that as it was trending full time.

Now work in the dog days of winter, about 3 months, doing income tax returns. Rest of year don't do much except camp with boys, soccer coach, cub scouts. School crossing guard job costs me a total of one hour a day.

Really don't need either job finanacially, but gives me either a sense of having an "expertise" and in the case of the crossing guard job, easy money and they needed someone.

In my mind, I'm retired, only do what I want to do. And yes, my wife is a homemaker/PTA mom.

RE2Boys

Evelyne · 11-17-2006, 12:18 PM

Retired 2 years and 3 months.

Billy · 11-18-2006, 12:24 PM

We start our 17th year in January. Everyday is not a picnic, but every night is like News Years Eve...

Billy
www.RetireEarlyLifestyle.com

Retire Soon · 11-18-2006, 10:01 PM

I retired in June which makes it 5 months. My DW retired a month earlier.

11-15-2006, 12:44 PM	#21
astromeria Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,375	Re: How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Wor Retired since 8/12/05...1 year and 3 months. It's gooooood, real good. C-T, your wife still working doesn't mean you're not retired--it just means you're probably not living off your stash yet, or not entirely anyway. I'm in the same boat. __________________ You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find you get what you need.

11-15-2006, 01:00 PM	#22
kz Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 254	Re: How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Working I retired at 39 and that was almost 13 yrs ago. What a ride!!

11-15-2006, 01:40 PM	#23
kcowan Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pacific latitude 20/49 Posts: 1,545	Re: How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Working August 2002 along with DW. There have been some adjustments, and we have discovered our need to travel 4 x each year to some exotic faraway place. Thanks to the good behaviour of the markets and lower spending then planned, we are now eligible for FIRE. __________________ For the fun of it...Keith

11-15-2006, 01:57 PM	#24
Eagle43 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,653	Re: How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Working First of January it will be 3 years. Wow, time flies. Life is good. __________________ Resist much. Obey Little. . . . Ed Abbey Disclaimer: My Posts are for my amusement only.

11-15-2006, 07:39 PM	#27
TromboneAl Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4,162	Re: How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Working 3.5 months. Today was a great example of "Woke up with nothing to do, and by the end of the day only got half of it done." Walked by the broken couch, and realized that there was a way I could fix it, and puttered around with it all morning (see "wood glue" thread). __________________ - Al -- Always serious, never joking. No, wait. Never serious... Always... I forget.

11-15-2006, 09:02 PM	#28
kowski Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 89	Re: How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Working Wife and I retired 2 months apart. 4 years and 4 months for me. no regrets. Nephew and wife are down from Michigan visiting and when they tell their work stories I could not imagine being back in those environments. __________________ If you think nobody cares whether you're alive or dead, try missing a couple of mortgage payments.

11-16-2006, 04:31 PM	#29
Momtwo Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 84	Re: How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Working DH and I retired for 5 years- 3 months also! Momtwo

11-16-2006, 04:58 PM	#30
WilliamG Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 207	Re: How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Working Retired March 1, 2000. I timed the market.

11-16-2006, 05:25 PM	#32
BarbaraAnne Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 137	Re: How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Working 12 years since leaving the corporate world. DH moved from the corporate fast lane to the non-corporate slow lane 4 years ago. He is much happier because he is doing what he really enjoys rather than being in the corporate pressure cooker. We are in our early 50's and still have one kid at home in high school. Once he graduates, DH will retire. We'll be leaving suburbia ( ) and downsizing to a condo in an urban environment. Our dream is to travel at least 4 months a year and not worry about the hassle of maintaining a house.

11-16-2006, 06:32 PM	#33
audreyh1 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,203	Re: How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Working 7 years and 3 months. I can't believe it's been that long, it's all gone by so fast! Audrey

11-16-2006, 09:25 PM	#35
heyyou Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 231	Re: How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Working 56 weeks and I agree with Audrey, the time goes really fast. This is the happiest that I've ever been, except when newly married. Joe

11-17-2006, 07:39 AM	#36
WilliamG Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 207	Re: How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Working "Retired March 1, 2000. I timed the market." Ok, I didn't really do any market timing. That's just when I turned old enuf to retire at my old company. Had already been fine tuning asset allocation, but decided better move from about 60% to 50% equities as I rolled 401k and lump sum pension to Vanguard in March and April. Was a good move, but strictly luck of the birthday!

11-17-2006, 08:28 AM	#37
RE2Boys Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 52	Re: How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Working Retired from a career job Feb 2000 at age 50 (with a 1 and 3 year old at home) hence my screen name. Did part time consulting for about 18 months, quit that as it was trending full time. Now work in the dog days of winter, about 3 months, doing income tax returns. Rest of year don't do much except camp with boys, soccer coach, cub scouts. School crossing guard job costs me a total of one hour a day. Really don't need either job finanacially, but gives me either a sense of having an "expertise" and in the case of the crossing guard job, easy money and they needed someone. In my mind, I'm retired, only do what I want to do. And yes, my wife is a homemaker/PTA mom. RE2Boys

11-17-2006, 12:18 PM	#38
Evelyne Dryer sheet aficionado Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 27	Re: How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Working Retired 2 years and 3 months.

11-18-2006, 12:24 PM	#39
Billy Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 793	Re: How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Working We start our 17th year in January. Everyday is not a picnic, but every night is like News Years Eve... Billy www.RetireEarlyLifestyle.com __________________ Self reliance builds confidence.** Retire Early Lifestyle

11-18-2006, 10:01 PM	#40
Retire Soon Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 535	Re: How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Working I retired in June which makes it 5 months. My DW retired a month earlier. __________________ "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately... and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." --Henry David Thoreau

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