How Long Have You Been Retired, UnEmployed, Footloose Fancy Free and Not Working
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I'm still a newbee - 4 months and 14 days. I find that i am evolving in a positive way and feel feel stress free (almost) all the time. Especially in the current market condition!
Don't miss anything about the career - I thought I would......nope!
Several ski resorts opened this week 8)
I'm still a newbee - 4 months and 14 days. I find that i am evolving in a positive way and feel feel stress free (almost) all the time. Especially in the current market condition!
Don't miss anything about the career - I thought I would......nope!
Several ski resorts opened this week 8)
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I've been unemployed now for 5 years and 3 months. - I'm not retired because my wife still works.
I've been unemployed now for 5 years and 3 months. - I'm not retired because my wife still works.
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Semi since 1993. Drew my last paycheck in June, 1998.
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Semi since 1993. Drew my last paycheck in June, 1998.
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Since 1979 with some short stints of working at stuff I wanted to do. Officially, not "working" at anything (no entry on line 7, 12 or 17 of IRS Form 1040) since 1990. DW has been retired since 1986. Since retiring we have spent 9 years in Virginia, 19 in Florida, on 2d year of maybe 5 in Ohio, and then we have to get to work on picking the next place.
Since 1979 with some short stints of working at stuff I wanted to do. Officially, not "working" at anything (no entry on line 7, 12 or 17 of IRS Form 1040) since 1990. DW has been retired since 1986. Since retiring we have spent 9 years in Virginia, 19 in Florida, on 2d year of maybe 5 in Ohio, and then we have to get to work on picking the next place.
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December 30 2004.
The memories are fading.
December 30 2004.
The memories are fading.
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Going on two years -- January 05. Despite with CT says I consider myself retired even though DW is still working. She can quit anytime but chooses not to. That is her choice, this is mine. 8)
Going on two years -- January 05. Despite with CT says I consider myself retired even though DW is still working. She can quit anytime but chooses not to. That is her choice, this is mine. 8)
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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.
As for me, I'm still in the working womb. I'll let y'all know next spring how retirement is going.
Cut-Throat said:I've been unemployed now for 5 years and 3 months. - I'm not retired because my wife still works.
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.
As for me, I'm still in the working womb. I'll let y'all know next spring how retirement is going.
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I'm still working on figuring out when to retire. I still enjoy certain aspects of the work that I do, but I don't really need the money. I'm trying to figure out how I can enjoy the challenge and comraderie without feeling the work constantly hanging over my head.
I'm still working on figuring out when to retire. I still enjoy certain aspects of the work that I do, but I don't really need the money. I'm trying to figure out how I can enjoy the challenge and comraderie without feeling the work constantly hanging over my head.
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4.5 months of full time ER. It's gone by in a flash. One Canadian fishing trip. Two Minnesotan fishing trips. One Wisconsin canoe trip. More time with family, especially my little challenged grandson. More time with friends. I'm sure glad the market is doing well since I've been paying to have projects done that I planned on doing myself......too busy playing. ER is really, really good.
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4 weeks. It is finally starting to feel like retirement instead of a vacation.
4 weeks. It is finally starting to feel like retirement instead of a vacation.
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A little over 6 months. Have not missed work at all. Have enjoyed the unstructured time immensely. No plans to do anything ambitious until next year.
donheff
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The reality of our situation is that she could have retired when I did two years ago without a hiccup in our lifestyle.
The question was directed to CT but I will answer with respect to my wife. Number one - she likes what she does. She would like to cut back to part time and possibly get on a couple of boards so she can keep her finger in the field while doing more traveling, etc. Number two - she is overly concerned with sustainability in retirement. She makes a lot of money (partner in a law firm) but has a hard time wrapping her head around how much lower our expenses are than our income. She will not be truly comfortable until we have DD out of college (one more year) and the nest egg (which we continue to furiously fund) is well over what Firecalc says we need to sustain our lifestyle and then some. All of this would be good news to the kids if they were paying attention to what it means for them when we kick the bucket.DOG52 said:
The reality of our situation is that she could have retired when I did two years ago without a hiccup in our lifestyle.unclemick
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Jan 1993 - except for one year temp work - 95/96ish.
heh heh heh
heh heh heh
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She has more expensive taste than I do!
She's in Marketing for an Insurance Company, she works about 2 blocks away (she walks in the summer) and the boss is located on the east coast.
And she's 8 years younger than I am.
DOG52 said: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.
As for me, I'm still in the working womb. I'll let y'all know next spring how retirement is going.
She has more expensive taste than I do!
She's in Marketing for an Insurance Company, she works about 2 blocks away (she walks in the summer) and the boss is located on the east coast.
And she's 8 years younger than I am.
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Cool. Always better to have a young babe. 8)
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Cool. Always better to have a young babe. 8)
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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...
I'm not C-T either, but here's our version.DOG52 said:
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...
