Nobody said life has to be easy.
If you can afford to retire and collect early, then you don't have to submit to "slavery" I guess. Not everyone has that choice. And not everyone wants to cut thing that close.
I thought you were looking for suggestions, but it seems like you have already decided and just wanted support for your decision. You haven't posted enough details regarding your income, savings, and expenses for a real answer anyway.
Good luck, I hope it works out for you.
What I said was we can live on my husband's salary ($82,000), but just won't be able to put a lot of money away like we did before- might be able to do his IRA- have to work on our budget more. I know an option is to try to get another job, but this is the early retirement forum after all.
So my question is- should I take SS early or wait and just live on the one income without it?
We have about 1,760,000 dollars altogether in everything and our expenses are about $4000 per month. Some will go away- gas and car maintenance will decrease, life and disability insurance premiums will end, etc.
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