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[quote=Anonymous]Retired at 55. Did not have any one particular plan. Instead, spent about half a dozen years contemplating a host of scenarios, doing some number crunching and research, and saving a good chunk of our disposable income. Ultimately it all came together in a few ways. First, both DCs chose colleges that could be paid for out of the 529s and majors that were on the more practical and higher paying, with health insurance. This made us more comfortable knowing that we would just need to help with a bit of spending/travel/interview clothes money. And second, we fell in love with a house far out of the city and were able to use home equity to buy it outright and cover the costs of moving/new furniture, etc., with some money left over. DH is doing occasional contract work with his former employer, and that plus the leftover funds from our house sale will cover our expenses the next few years. Even without that we could swing it, but it gives us a reassuring cushion.[/quote]
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