Were you forced into retirement?

[C50]

I heard that folks tend to find out that they needed much less $$$ in retirement than they thought. Is that true?

That has been true for me so far, and I was surprised by that. I also went into retirement debt free so that was very beneficial.

Another thing that surprised me was Medicare. I spent the last twenty five years of my working life on a high deductible health plan where out of pocket cost were substantial. Switching to Medicare was such a blessing, I had Hernia surgery this past summer and my total out of pocket was $305.00.

Like many I was just plumb wore out and stressed from working, even though I still work hard in retirement its a different kind of life and I like it very much.

 

[IrishEyes]

You could say we were forced. Living in Illinois when our real estate taxes in 4 years jumped up to over half our mortgage payment, we had to choose to sell or lose it. It was just going to get worse.

 

[Deya]

Forced. I had to relinquish my commercial driving license due to night blindness.

No more putting parcels down, donned in brown, all around town, being a clown, entertaining the folks with my jokes. I was planning to work, ten more years, but my worst fears, my license taken with a jerk, no more paid work, home to be a housewife, not what I had planned in life.

It wasn't all it was advertised to be, so you can see, My husband worked until 71, when it wasn't fun, that he fell down a concrete stairs run, so he came home with broken knees bone, and then I had added work, to cut the grass, while he sat in pain on his a s s. So a few years did pass, I am still full of sass, although a cancer tumor almost took my humor, I carry on, sometimes with a moan and sorry about my crime of making this rhyme. Be careful Y'all, don't fall.