Poll:How Long Have you been retired - by age group

[dex]

The thread below gave us an idea of the age of the people on this board.

This poll is to find out how long people have been retired by age groups.

Round the months up or down to the nearest year group.

Again, this is a poll. This is a poll for those who are retired, so you vote above.

http://www.early-retirement.org/for...-you-ted-shepherd-got-me-wondering-53276.html

 

[Khan]

Age 60
retired 6 years a/o 1 Jan '11

 

[donheff]

Age 60
retired 6 years a/o 1 Jan '11

I'm 62 and will have 6 years in January. We are in that early boomer group that always seems to be setting trends. Every time I hear of a new trend it seems I have been doing it for a while (like cycling is the new golf). I guess Er at mid 50's was one. The only trend I skipped was the mega-mansion LAYM (live above your means) lifestyle a lot of our peers chose. But they won't be responding to this poll.

 

[GregLee]

68, retired 4 months. The nearest year group would be 0? Well, I voted 1, there being no group 0.

 

[dex]

68, retired 4 months. The nearest year group would be 0? Well, I voted 1, there being no group 0.

You did it properly.

Round the months up or down to the nearest year group.

 

[youbet]

62 years old (but look and act much, much younger ) Retired (fully, no income other than SS and passive investment) for 4.5 years.

 

[Bestwifeever]

Can I round my age down too?

 

[Ted_Shepherd]

Ah, I'm the Old Man in the group again. Fully retired for 17 years, since age 53, now 71. Born in 1939, I'm older than the Baby Boomers, belonging to the "Silent Generation". Do I strike you as silent?

 

[Nova]

Baby Boomer here, retired 15 years next month.

 

[vicente solano]

Just made 61 and ERed for 5 an a half years. Feeling my age.

 

[Lakedog]

54 and approaching 3 years of freedom.

 

[travelover]

Surprise! It looks like we are mostly .......early retirees!

 

[VaCollector]

Let's see....52 when I went PT but that was ONLY because the PT was part of the deal when selling my practice....so that's what I voted!

Gonna be fiddeesix if I make it another 2 weeks or so....been wonderful (except for that stock market thingy shortly after ...still working through that but have been lucky enough to NOT have to consider heading back to the salt mines!)

 

[NW-Bound]

Dex, can I vote if I am ESR'ed?

 

[Nodak]

63 and retired for 3

 

[chinaco]

Looks like 55-59 is the mode.

No surprise there. 55 is the beginning of official early retirement for most companies.

 

[rescueme]

Currently age 62 (63 in just over a month ). Retired at age 59, a bit over 3.5 years (life is good )....

 

[FIRE'd@51]

What makes this type of poll somewhat irrelevant is that so many "retired" folks still have working spouses.

 

[RonBoyd]

What makes this type of poll somewhat irrelevant is that so many "retired" folks still have working spouses.

Can't he/she participate in the poll?

 

[BA]

Age 54 now. Retired 3 years ago

 

[kumquat]

Retired 3.5 years ago on my 58th birthday.

 

[Koolau]

What makes this type of poll somewhat irrelevant is that so many "retired" folks still have working spouses.

Yeah, no fair!

63 (+) retired at 58 (+)

Spouse retired earlier (about 55). So there!

 

[FIRE'd@51]

Yeah, no fair!

63 (+) retired at 58 (+)

Spouse retired earlier (about 55). So there!

There you go. A valid data point.

 

[freebird5825]

Age 52 now.
FIREd at age 48 yrs 7 mos, on April 1, 2007
I resigned under FERS deferred retirement MRA+10 rules, and am technically not "retired" until age 56.

 

[scrabbler1]

I am 47 and retired 2 years ago at age 45. I just began my 3rd year of ER this month.

It is nice seeing money (monthly dividends from bond mutual funds) just pop into my bank account each month without having to do anything to earn it!