And I Fired Five Years Early ...

[KingOfTheCheapos]

In your initial post 2 months ago, didn't you have 2.7m in pre and post tax all in and 2 months later you have 4m in pre and post.
What investments did you have to enable a 1.3m gain in just 2 months?
Just curious...

Individual vs Joint (wife and I) balances. No magic going on here!

 

[KingOfTheCheapos]

I thought he was saying adios to his company.

No I"ll leave this forum shortly.

See my post #18. Too many toxic people posting toxic posts and PMs.

Life's too short to be surrounded by that type of people.

 

[REWahoo]

I thought he was saying adios to his company.

Not according to this post:

Yeah. I've learnt a lot but there are quite a few people who were rude in their responses to my posts and downright offensive and antagonistic in their personal messages (they in fact asked me to leave the forum!).

Life's too short to waste so I'm off to greener and friendlier pastures. But thanks to those who were helpful.

Since he's still posting, it appears to be a very long goodbye...

 

[Aerides]

Individual vs Joint (wife and I) balances. No magic going on here!

A ~50% gain in 2 months is nothing short of magical.

 

[ivinsfan]

A ~50% gain in 2 months is nothing short of magical.

I said it was a miracle but magic works too!

 

[Dtail]

A ~50% gain in 2 months is nothing short of magical.

Well he appears to be saying that his first reference was an individual balance, but his follow up post included his wife's accounts.
Thus we can't calculate what the gains were.
Nevertheless......

 

[CardsFan]

No I"ll leave this forum shortly.

See my post #18. Too many toxic people posting toxic posts and PMs.

Life's too short to be surrounded by that type of people.

And life is too short to be offended by SGOTI. We have all been there (well, I know I have). There is a lot of wisdom here, and a lot of BS.

Take a break if it helps, but leave the door open.

JMHO

 

[F.I.R.E User]

Sounds like ObeseFIRE. WOW!

 

[rk911]

Congrats!

+1. where do i send the FIRE membership card.

 

[RetiredAndLovingIt]

And life is too short to be offended by SGOTI. We have all been there (well, I know I have). There is a lot of wisdom here, and a lot of BS.

Take a break if it helps, but leave the door open.

JMHO

This

Congratulations on your lucky break

 

[RetiredAndLovingIt]

Yeah. I've learnt a lot but there are quite a few people who were rude in their responses to my posts and downright offensive and antagonistic in their personal messages (they in fact asked me to leave the forum!).

Life's too short to waste so I'm off to greener and friendlier pastures. But thanks to those who were helpful.

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[Rowej]

How fast did you tell them Thank You!

 

[target2019]

No I"ll leave this forum shortly.

See my post #18. Too many toxic people posting toxic posts and PMs.

Life's too short to be surrounded by that type of people.

It may seem like you're surrounded but it is just a minority who have never been wrong.

Congratulations on the great offer.

 

[Scuba]

Congratulations on your ER! You won’t regret leaving 5 years earlier than planned.

 

[DrRoy]

Take the $ and run!!

 

[RobLJ]

Good for you! Have fun with the best part of your life!

 

[ncbill]

get back at all the nasty posters by coming back later & telling us about all your adventures in retirement!

do you plan to relocate...e.g. to be nearer to kids/family?

 

[ychuck46]

Congrats

Sometimes life doesn't hand you lemons; sometimes it is a Lemon Drop Martini. Enjoy!

 

[F.I.R.E User]

I got lucky with the cost-cutting exercise our company is doing. I think their hope is they can fill my position with someone who gets paid less than ($1.5M - $300K) / 5 per year. Hopefully it will be a win-win situation for the company and I.

But there were some awfully upset people who plan to retire in > 5 years ...

So what do you plan to do now in retirement?

 

[REWahoo]

So what do you plan to do now in retirement?

If you read his last few posts on this thread it should be clear one of his first retirement plans is to ignore questions on this website.

 

[ivinsfan]

If you read his last few posts on this thread it should be clear one of his first retirement plans is to ignore questions on this website.

Yes his version of "talk to the hand"...

 

[oiseux]

Congratulations! Enjoy planning your next adventure.