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Old 04-26-2019, 10:14 AM   #61
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Four kids 3, 6, 9 and 11. Age 44 and 42, achieved FI this year and will keep working for another 5-11 years.
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Old 04-26-2019, 10:43 AM   #62
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I’m 50 and plan to FIRE within next 2-3 years. Oldest is out of grad school already. Youngest is just going in middle school. We should look relatively poor to FAFSA when that one goes off to college. Decided awhile ago it made more sense for us to contribute more to our retirement accounts and just deal with college as another expense instead of doing a 529.
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Old 04-26-2019, 11:53 AM   #63
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Managed to retire just before 60. DW at 54. Three kids off to college. Two graduated. No loans for anyone. I should have retired at 55 but was too conservative after weathering '08/'09.


I honestly think that having kids helped me with my FIRE plans. We had our first at 21/20 years old and this provided a great stimulus to succeed. I worked at the corp for 36 years and endured all the crap. Meanwhile while on the road I spent many hotel nights working investments and outside deals to add to our assets. DW went back to school at 38 and became a nurse (one of our best financial moves, community college paid off in a year and saved all her income for the next 13 years). Everybody choses their own path. I don't think that having kids is as big a factor as some would think. Having them with the right partner is a much greater consideration.
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Old 04-26-2019, 12:08 PM   #64
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Retired at 58 with 2 kids still in HS. Down to my last 2 college tuition payments. Didn't worry me at all.
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