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We are all told to make sure our retirement nest egg does not run out and that many of us now have a good chance of living well into our 90s (in my case, based on genetics, it seems to be a good probability), however, have any of us actually planned for a 90s lifestyle? If we live to our 90s...

I'm back! After a long absence, I am back posting. My previous post is in this link http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f26/insecure-long-term-expat-71488.html It's probably not necessary to rehash the financial side, suffice to say I am financially independent and all of the calculators...

I will explain my dilemma below and hope that some readers can offer some useful comments. I am well and truly financially independent and did have a short stint at retirement but currently I am working again on a new project for “one more year”. I have 2 daughters (25 and 19) and am trying to...

My question is how many people on this board have been comfortable enough to retire without any safety net to catch them? By way of background, I have plenty of my own savings to be able to retire comfortably and it is reasonably diversified (shares, funds, real estate, cash) but I have no...

I see a lot of posts on this site where US residents are concerned about medical insurance and health care costs, even to the point where their employment choices or how long they stay in a job is based on the medical insurance an employer may provide. I am not a US citizen or resident and...

This is a question to those who are already FIRE and "retired"; Now that you have reached and experienced FIRE and are "retired" do you have any regrets or has it turned out to have any disappointing elements? I am already FIRE but do not have the guts to pull the trigger on working.

There are probably already 100 threads on this topic (but I cannot find them). How has retirement / financial independence affected your marriage / relationship? Good or bad? Less stress - does that mean things improve (particularly in the bedroom)? Looking at retiring next year at 56.

I admit I am in a very fortunate position. Financially, my position is good. At age 55, I am probably not looking at "early retirement" but with retirement and pension ages going up to 67 years in some countries in the next 5 few years, many more people of my generation will likely to have to...