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Join some meetups or other clubs and pursue those dreams. No reason why a 62 yo should not be out camping!

We really enjoy our 2003 3500 sqft family home. It is in a quiet, safe, family-oriented suburb near multiple train stations, minutes to highways, a few blocks from all our kids' schools, in a very desirable town. We walk to forest preserves and 30+ miles of bike trails. We bought it used in 2008...

Here you go. You buried the lead in your original post. You know the source of your troubles and this is very serious. I've seen several divorces from "friends" who lead a spouse astray. I'm seeing it right now in my own neighborhood with two acquaintances of DW. I urge you to seek couples...

This definitely feels like an overreaction to me. If it is your first fight in 15 years, it is likely her airing out her hopes and dreams for herself. Listen! Understand her points. Give her space.

+1 Us Gen-X'ers have always lived in the shadows of the Boomers. It gets old, no pun intended.

This doesn't really describe the people profiled in the story. One couple owed a couple of businesses. Another let her employer "manage" her 401k into non-existence. I have tons of sympathy for those who are truly poor and uneducated. That includes half my family on my mother's side. I have...

It's hard to feel sorry for people who demonstrate a lifelong pattern of poor financial decisions. I don't care that their standard of living is below what it was when the worked. Is this abnormal? My mother in law was one of these people who always lived for today, never preparing for...

Learning that I wasn't alone and that others had successfully ERed at young ages was the most important thing for me. Definitely getting a better understanding of technical details was helpful but those details can be found in lots of places.

The Space Coast is much less "discovered" as a retirement destination than Orlando, The Villages, the Gulf Coast, etc. There are definitely a lot of snow birds and retirees but it is much more "real" Florida, aka the Redneck Riviera (though I live in Illinois, I'm a native Floridian and so know...

Yes, our house is on Cape Canaveral and so we can watch the rocket launches from our deck.

Hi Planman and welcome to the forum. I'm 47 and semi-retired. We live in Illinois but have a house in the "Space Coast" region of Florida. Once our two teenagers are finally off to college, we'll be moving to the beachhouse. Not sure if we'll do the snowbird thing and keep a condo in Chicago or...

One word: oxycontin. Once you get hooked on that from a surgery, you will eventually be buying heroin on the street corner once you oxycontin source runs out. Healthy, well-adjusted people don't just decide to stick a needle in their arm on day. I fortunately don't have personal experience...

Midday sex, esp after having lunch together, is a nice post-retirement improvement.

Sorry to hear about your mom. We went through something similar with my Mother in law last year. I've been semi-retired now for almost 5 years and on the ACA but if I were considering retiring this year I would wait to see what plays out with the repeal ObamaCare movement, myself. Also...

I retired at 43 with a 9 yo and 12 yo. They've benefited from having two full time parents involved in their lives. They also watched me work hard at different non-career pursuits and contribute to the world generally. I think it is much more important to demonstrate your values and your...

I was born into a working class military family. I didn't realize how little we had growing up until I started meeting middle and upper-class people in my post-college career on the futures trading industry. There I met plenty of other working class guys but many trust fund babies who had a much...

That's great to hear! Are you also working as a TA or RA in the program or just doing the academic program? How far into the program have you gotten?

No worries. Thanks for adding your perspective. Sent from my SM-T377P using Early Retirement Forum mobile app

Most of the programs I've looked at also require no grades lower than a B or a limited number below a B. Also, you are right that with most PhD programs the first 2 years or so is all the official course work and the last x number of years is largely research and dissertation writing. But...

Kudos, ExFlyBoy. Thanks for chiming in with your experiences. Sounds like we have similar motivations--mostly we want to self-improve and also accomplish something that's been in the back of our minds for a long time. I'm curious, if you don't mind, how old were you when you started the...

Yep, I don't have three degrees but I love school also. I've been researching graduate programs for about 18 months, from sociology, history, economics (my educational background). I've heard several stories of PhD students starting in their 60's and even in their 70's at traditional schools...

Oldphd, thanks for the experience share! Wow, congrats on completing the program and getting your research position. I am 47 and will be 51 when I finish my program (it should be a 3 year program if all goes as planned), so similar ages to you. I've taught a bit at the school I'll be attending...

Looking for Experience Shares Thanks for the feedback. Just to clarify, most of the replies in the thread have addressed the question of whether I should or should not enroll in the degree program. Most of those replies were based on the repliers own situation and/or interests or their own...

That's awesome! Love it.

Heck, I still have dreams about being in the US Navy--and I got out over 25 years ago! Sent from my SM-T377P using Early Retirement Forum mobile app