I have a neighbor who's a retired airline pilot. He turns 62 next month and was excited that his first SS check would be here soon. He has a younger family, a wife in her late 40's and a son 9. His DW works as an airline stewardess PT just for the health bennies.
Today he went down to the local SS office to sign up and was fully expecting to get a little over $1700 a month as his monthly benefit. While talking with the SS rep she asked about his family and for some reason they told him his benefit would be $3988 a month. The SS rep said because his wife didn't earn over 15K a year and his son was under 18 he would receive the additional money. Needless to say he is one happy camper!
Does any of this make any sense to any of you guys?
Oh yeah, I'm not thinking of having any more kids no matter how big the benefit.
Today he went down to the local SS office to sign up and was fully expecting to get a little over $1700 a month as his monthly benefit. While talking with the SS rep she asked about his family and for some reason they told him his benefit would be $3988 a month. The SS rep said because his wife didn't earn over 15K a year and his son was under 18 he would receive the additional money. Needless to say he is one happy camper!
Does any of this make any sense to any of you guys?
Oh yeah, I'm not thinking of having any more kids no matter how big the benefit.