VeryEarlyRetiree
Dryer sheet wannabe
- Joined
- Sep 16, 2005
- Messages
- 11
I have been retired now for the past 1 and 1/2 years and enjoying it very much (although the New England winters make it tough). My retirement situation became available several years back when my wife was the unfortunate recipient of a serious malpractice surgery which left her partially paralyzed. Of course the malpractice settlement did not arrive for several years after the unfortunate incident even though the doctor admitted fault. This left us trying to manage living in a two story house with two young children and a wife in a wheelchair. Fortunately the settlement did come after two years which allowed us to build a completely handicapped accessible home.
Retiring after the settlement arrived was not even in my mind until several years had passed and I realized taking care of the home life was much more important than my career and the salary it provided. We had a financial plan completed which indicated that based on our savings withdrawal rates we could comfortably retire at age 40.
Are there any other retirees out there in their early 40s? Sometimes I think I'm nuts for leaving work at such a young age but then I see how much time I get to spend with my wife and kids and think I'd be crazy to go back. I still have difficulty telling people I meet during the day that I am retired and usually I just say I took the day off. Not comfortable telling others that I can financially afford to retire at age 40.
Retiring after the settlement arrived was not even in my mind until several years had passed and I realized taking care of the home life was much more important than my career and the salary it provided. We had a financial plan completed which indicated that based on our savings withdrawal rates we could comfortably retire at age 40.
Are there any other retirees out there in their early 40s? Sometimes I think I'm nuts for leaving work at such a young age but then I see how much time I get to spend with my wife and kids and think I'd be crazy to go back. I still have difficulty telling people I meet during the day that I am retired and usually I just say I took the day off. Not comfortable telling others that I can financially afford to retire at age 40.