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My wife had to retire due to disability at 60 in Canada My wife had to retire due to disability at 60 in Canada. Fortunately we had a family friend that was aware of Canada Pension Plan and federal tax credits that were available. Took the sting out of things. Would have been a completely...

Exactly. Pace of play is important. I can be a scratch golfer for 9 holes, but don't seem to ever be scratch for 18. And I don't really care.

I am in the DIY camp. We generally update ours every 1-2 years ourselves. My spouse gets joint assets anyway, and if we are both gone, kids are somewhat self sufficient anyway. Never looked at it as a big risk regardless.

The other point I forgot to mention is that we are a one car family, so the frequent doctor appts take a double toll. The conflict has ratcheted up lately, but I figure I am in a loose loose situation. I still have pretty current IT skills, so am actively looking to get back on the road and do a...

The limits in the past were set my my wife's employment responsibilities. This is what has changed recently. Short term, money is ok on the side of the ML. Not rich by any means however. Part of the problem is that the BL who built the dependancy suddenly has travel plans, other commitments...

What has changed is my RN wife has recently retired and is probably feeling the pressure from ML & BL to step it up. ML has been playing the helpless twice widowed for decades. Its at the point where all the schedules with BL, ML and us have to be coordinated daily. Unfortunately this is going...

She is in a retirement home but still in the independent living level. But I agree, she should be in assisted living. There are two siblings locally. My wife's brother has spent years building a dependency ( really, because he had nothing else to do ) and my wife now feels obligated to step...

"Taking care of parents is part of the marriage bond". Not sure if I agree with that. There are a lot of variables at play in every situation. During aids and covid, people said that this is what nurses signed up for. It was their calling. Hard to make blanket statements about these things.

When working as an RN, my wife was able to deflect some eldercare responsibilities because she had work commitments. Now that she has recently retired, the flood gates have opened. The family calendar is littered with elder doctor visits, emergency visits, etc. This has been going on for...

You are winning for sure. Generally the type of person that wins like this cannot simply turn off the tap. I have had a side hustle or two since I retired ( photography and flipping bikes ). Whatever you do, Enjoy!

Working a job post retirement is tough when your bull**** bucket is very small. Had been doing a software gig for about 2 months. On a Friday afternoon Boss mentions a manager who was unhappy with my work. I had never met the manager, but figured I was being made a scapegoat for his missed...

We had a 21 day trans Atlantic dream cruise canceled due to COVID. We are in Canada, and hope to maybe do the same trip this coming spring if things work out. Have only been on 4 seven day cruises, but enjoyed every minute.

Car free travel is difficult in most US cities. We did find Phoenix to have decent public transportation. Trains go east - west and bussing connects. We did find that Miami had ok public transport. We figured it out getting from outlying hotels to cruise ports. Miami hotels are very expensive...

Traveling out of Nova Scotia We have some refundable hotel bookings for winter 2022 to Savanah and Naples , FL. My wife is a health care worker and has been vaccinated, I should get mine in the next month. We feel like we have been 'monitoring for symptoms' for a decade now :dance::dance::dance:

I replaced my 10 year old driver ( I was hitting it fine ) a couple years ago with the latest and greatest. Gained maybe 10 yards. The newer irons should be bore forgiving than your old pings, so probably worth the upgrade. What I have noticed is that green fee golfers usually have the best and...