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[quote=Anonymous]FIL retired early b/c the company he was president of was bought out and it left him in great financial shape to retire.  DH says it was the worst thing for him as he saw his father change from a vibrant, active man to a total homebody who sat in a chair all day and read the paper.   MIL is a social butterfly and in retirement found a million things to do.  FIL would go wherever MIL dragged him but had no motivation to do much of anything himself.  His health declined rapidly and he passed away a few years ago.

DH has already said he's afraid of retirement because he is afraid he will follow in FIL's footsteps.  I can totally see it too.  Whenever I suggest we go do something, he's always like "meh..." and starts whining about how it's going to take too long or be too difficult.  :roll: So he is going to work until about 65 and I'm going to retire a few years after him (I'm younger) so that we can spend some time together while we still are in decent physical shape.  That's the plan anyway.  Who knows what curveball life will throw our way.[/quote]

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