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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
My SO's ex wife asked me if I had a mini facelift or if I was using some miracle cream she could buy .
Given the source, that is a real compliment!
We should remember that for the most part the people who are posting here do fine financially and emotionally with retirement. Others are sometimes different. I know a few women who had to retire because of downsizing, or maybe health issues like back- who are fantastically active mainly as a way to get away from too much time with their husbands. One married woman I know stays home and paints or putters, then when hubby gets home from work she heads out. She isn't looking for love or sex; just respite from him. I told her if I were her husband I would kick her out no matter how much it cost me. She says he wouldn't, since he is not a saver and he doesn't want to give up half his pension.
"And it was fun fun fun till her Daddy took the T-Bird away..."
My mother did everything she could to avoid retiring, but when she had to because of age it was the beginning of the end. She and Dad were like oil and water, which can be negotiated when you only occasionally see one another, but gets tight after retirement.
If you are married or living with someone, it takes a truly successful deal to withstand retirement. And there seem to many such successes represented here. Congratulations people.
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