People who say they don’t plan to ever retire

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Financial

And when Republicans win you think you have enough to retire. LOL

And if you think prices are high now what do you think those CEO's are going to do when all restraints are off big business? Biden didn't raise prices CEO's did. And gee guess who supports them GOP darlings.

Americans are stupid.

You are stupid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What does this mean? I understand liking to work, but at some point you aren’t going to be as productive or efficient right?

Speak for yourself.

There are people who get well into their 80s or even older who remain more "productive" and "efficient" than the average person.

No they don't. I work in a field that's similar to the PP who talked about academia. We have tons of very elderly people - late 70s, 80s, and even mid 90s - who literally refuse to retire. It is not because of the money; some of them work FT even though we no longer have funding for their roles.

I genuinely respect the expertise of older people - I'm in my mid50s myself, and I now appreciate how clueless I was in the first decade of my career - but no one who is 75 or older is more productive or efficient. Most of them are recycling knowledge that they acquired decades ago and/or relying on armies of assistants. Time to step back and make room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I won’t ever be able to afford to retire. So I will work until I drop dead. If I can’t work for longer than about a year and a half, then I will have to kill myself.

I factor this into my plan. I don't want to depend on my family or leave them in financial ruin. This is actually more valuable to me than my life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My MIL is like this. She works part-time now in a remote admin job. She worked this job FT, then it went remote for Covid and my in-laws moved out of state and they were fine with her continuing part time. It is a fairly easy job which helps. She also nearly died before Covid and could have retired after and we have no idea why she didn't. She's 70 now and every year it is "oh maybe next year". She has hobbies, they enjoy traveling, they don't need the money. I think it is just a security thing.

It might be a social thing too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I won’t ever be able to afford to retire. So I will work until I drop dead. If I can’t work for longer than about a year and a half, then I will have to kill myself.

I factor this into my plan. I don't want to depend on my family or leave them in financial ruin. This is actually more valuable to me than my life.

I'm also this way.
And you are expressing true love for your family.
They are blessed to have you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does this mean? I understand liking to work, but at some point you aren’t going to be as productive or efficient right?

Speak for yourself.

There are people who get well into their 80s or even older who remain more "productive" and "efficient" than the average person.

No they don't. I work in a field that's similar to the PP who talked about academia. We have tons of very elderly people - late 70s, 80s, and even mid 90s - who literally refuse to retire. It is not because of the money; some of them work FT even though we no longer have funding for their roles.

I genuinely respect the expertise of older people - I'm in my mid50s myself, and I now appreciate how clueless I was in the first decade of my career - but no one who is 75 or older is more productive or efficient. Most of them are recycling knowledge that they acquired decades ago and/or relying on armies of assistants. Time to step back and make room.

Yep, you're right. People like Dr Fauci and RBG didn't have much to contribute. Their work would have been better left to an inexperienced 20 year old. (This is sarcasm btw).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What does this mean? I understand liking to work, but at some point you aren’t going to be as productive or efficient right?

Speak for yourself.

There are people who get well into their 80s or even older who remain more "productive" and "efficient" than the average person.

No they don't. I work in a field that's similar to the PP who talked about academia. We have tons of very elderly people - late 70s, 80s, and even mid 90s - who literally refuse to retire. It is not because of the money; some of them work FT even though we no longer have funding for their roles.

I genuinely respect the expertise of older people - I'm in my mid50s myself, and I now appreciate how clueless I was in the first decade of my career - but no one who is 75 or older is more productive or efficient. Most of them are recycling knowledge that they acquired decades ago and/or relying on armies of assistants. Time to step back and make room.

Yep, you're right. People like Dr Fauci and RBG didn't have much to contribute. Their work would have been better left to an inexperienced 20 year old. (This is sarcasm btw).

There is a world of difference between someone like Dianne Feinstein being propped up like Weekend at Bernie's and someone in their 70s who is still sharp. They were clearly referring to the former.

That said, if we're bringing up RBG, while she was nowhere near Feinstein's level, she absolutely should have retired.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will never be able to afford to retire.

Same. My father retired at 75. I don't think I'll be able to.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What does this mean? I understand liking to work, but at some point you aren’t going to be as productive or efficient right?

Speak for yourself.

There are people who get well into their 80s or even older who remain more "productive" and "efficient" than the average person.

No they don't. I work in a field that's similar to the PP who talked about academia. We have tons of very elderly people - late 70s, 80s, and even mid 90s - who literally refuse to retire. It is not because of the money; some of them work FT even though we no longer have funding for their roles.

I genuinely respect the expertise of older people - I'm in my mid50s myself, and I now appreciate how clueless I was in the first decade of my career - but no one who is 75 or older is more productive or efficient. Most of them are recycling knowledge that they acquired decades ago and/or relying on armies of assistants. Time to step back and make room.

Yep, you're right. People like Dr Fauci and RBG didn't have much to contribute. Their work would have been better left to an inexperienced 20 year old. (This is sarcasm btw).

There is a world of difference between someone like Dianne Feinstein being propped up like Weekend at Bernie's and someone in their 70s who is still sharp. They were clearly referring to the former.

That said, if we're bringing up RBG, while she was nowhere near Feinstein's level, she absolutely should have retired.

100%. And by staying into her late 80s she effectively set back the rights she fought for earlier in her career (but that's a topic for another thread). As Kenny Rogers sang: you've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away . . .

[Anonymous]

DH says he’ll never retire. It’s not financial or that he loves his job; he just believes that retirement causes people to slow down mentally. I don’t necessarily think that’s the case for people that are good at staying mentally and physically active in retirement, but that’s actually not the case for most retired people.

We’ll see how he feels once 65, 70 rolls around.

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I look at dh parents who retired in 60s and then they literally did NOTHING. they just wake up (early) and sit in their house and sometimes make up random errands. It's so weird to me. As long as I could contribute to the world, I want to be doing 'something'. Plus until i get to a certain income level i would feel bad to sit around when i could be making more $$ to help my kids as inflation skyrockets around us.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I won’t ever be able to afford to retire. So I will work until I drop dead. If I can’t work for longer than about a year and a half, then I will have to kill myself.

I factor this into my plan. I don't want to depend on my family or leave them in financial ruin. This is actually more valuable to me than my life.

I don’t have family to support me.

[Anonymous]

My parents moved from FT to PT jobs. I plan to do the same.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What does this mean? I understand liking to work, but at some point you aren’t going to be as productive or efficient right?

Speak for yourself.

There are people who get well into their 80s or even older who remain more "productive" and "efficient" than the average person.

No they don't. I work in a field that's similar to the PP who talked about academia. We have tons of very elderly people - late 70s, 80s, and even mid 90s - who literally refuse to retire. It is not because of the money; some of them work FT even though we no longer have funding for their roles.

I genuinely respect the expertise of older people - I'm in my mid50s myself, and I now appreciate how clueless I was in the first decade of my career - but no one who is 75 or older is more productive or efficient. Most of them are recycling knowledge that they acquired decades ago and/or relying on armies of assistants. Time to step back and make room.

Yep, you're right. People like Dr Fauci and RBG didn't have much to contribute. Their work would have been better left to an inexperienced 20 year old. (This is sarcasm btw).

There is a world of difference between someone like Dianne Feinstein being propped up like Weekend at Bernie's and someone in their 70s who is still sharp. They were clearly referring to the former.

That said, if we're bringing up RBG, while she was nowhere near Feinstein's level, she absolutely should have retired.

Or Biden who teeters around like a 2 year old toddler with a fully loaded diaper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DH says this and hates his job. Why do you think people say this because they like their job? Maybe they fear they will never save enough or maybe realize they do not have enough to retire? 1%ers have more than $10M saved for retirement. (It may be $5M.)

OP - there were people saying this in another thread on money and retirement and they had plenty saved up to retire.