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[quote=Anonymous]O.k., I'm not old because I'm only mid 50's.  But I am aware that I'm no spring chicken anymore.

For me, death still seems pretty far away.  But the work of life - working to get ahead and earn a decent living, struggling to save for a down payment on our first home, raising children and worrying about making sure that they would be provided for no matter what happened, saving for retirement...all of that is largely done.  Yes, our teenagers still need guidance from us and they are still reliant on us.  But certainly within the next 5 years or so they'll likely be launched or preparing to launch.  Even if they are still under our roof, they will be working and contributing members of our household rather than having to be watched/supervised kids.

At this point, the struggle is over and tomorrow has been planned for as carefully as we could and to the best of our ability. Retirement is now not that far away.  We won't be rich but if we're careful we should be o.k. in retirement and that is good to know.

I guess you could say that the pressure is off.

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