SoReadyToRetire
Recycles dryer sheets
Someone suggested in a reply to one of my threads that I check out the "Early Retirement Extreme" forum.
On there, I found a 32 year old man, married, with 3 very young children, ages 9, 8, and 3, asking if he could retire NOW with $800K and no debt. The consensus was that he's ready now but should consider working "a little longer" to create a pad to cover the increased amount his kids will cost him as they grow up.
YIKES!!! And here I am worrying about whether my DH and I are ready to retire at age 61/57 with about that amount!
Either I'm way off base or he's in for a rough future. I think I'll stick to this forum, where people are either more reasonable or at least more skeptical.
On there, I found a 32 year old man, married, with 3 very young children, ages 9, 8, and 3, asking if he could retire NOW with $800K and no debt. The consensus was that he's ready now but should consider working "a little longer" to create a pad to cover the increased amount his kids will cost him as they grow up.
YIKES!!! And here I am worrying about whether my DH and I are ready to retire at age 61/57 with about that amount!
Either I'm way off base or he's in for a rough future. I think I'll stick to this forum, where people are either more reasonable or at least more skeptical.