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Haven't posted in a very long time. Was forced into retirement after a third round of layoffs at my company when I was 68. Upset initially as I had hoped to work until age 70, but my mother needed more care. Looked for part time jobs because I wanted to continue working . . . but it actually...

Some of you will recall I've been "forced" into retirement by my now former employer but now must look for another job in order to keep collecting unemployment benefits; despite the fact that I doubt seriously that anyone will hire me at my age once they figure out I'm in the 66+ age group. I'll...

It turns out that the MRI I had of my shoulder after a fall two weeks ago shows a massive rotator cuff in that all of the tendons are torn. I have an appointment tomorrow with a surgeon to discuss all my options. Has anyone had to deal with this type of injury before? I've done some reading...

I don't know why this is not typically discussed in any of the articles you see on Yahoo etc. There sure is enough said about Spousal Benefits, but I didn't hear about Survivor benefits until my former broker retired and a new one took her place in January. I'm not sure whether I dismissed it...

I was planning to work till age 70 (2 more years) but with these last 2 years of rough winters and caring for my mother going on 5 years now, I'm feeling that I'm ready to pack it in and make this my last year of working and use my 401K and IRA to carry me through the second year till I file for...

My area due to get hit with 18 to 24" of snow tonight. I hate it and wish I never had to look at snow ever again.

I've had my 94-year old demented mother in the hospital since a week ago Monday which actually was the second time in a period of four days. They have done what they needed to do to help prevent her passing out from exertion. She was bounced from home to the doctor's office, to an ambulance to...

My sister came up from Florida to visit us this past week and her flight back home took off a short while ago. She can be a royal pain and shoot emails that come at you like daggers sometimes, but I miss her already. She has caused me much grief and a significant sum of my retirement funds over...

Here we go yet again, another storm in Metro NY. It appears they underestimated its power as it appears we are going to have more than a foot on the ground by tomorrow morning 6:00 A.M. I knew we were going to get hit this year, but never expected anything like this. I just came back in a...

Found forum by accident and found it pertinent. I'm from NY, widow, work full-time and care for my 93-year old mother. Looking forward to learning some new things with regards to retirement as I am thinking of taking the plunge within the next year and a half. Betty