Reply to S/O: ‘The DIL is in the busiest chapter of her life; you have nothing to do’

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "S/O: ‘The DIL is in the busiest chapter of her life; you have nothing to do’"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Put it in perspective. My parents and in laws have been retired for over 20 years and their youngest left home before then. - They've had basically no responsibility for taking care of anyone else AND no job responsibilities for 20 years.

Yes they have forgotten. And also they aren't the same people they were on the day they retired.

I'll get flamed for this but IMO, that why boomers seem so self centered sometimes. They just have been the center of their own worlds for decades.[/quote]

Having such a long retirement is unusual for most boomers. The soonest some of us can retire is 65 but [b]later boomers have to wait until 67 for Medicare.[/b] If you had your kids in your mid- to late 30s or 40s, you are still working to pay for their college as well as your retirement. Mortgage is not paid off and auto/property insurance keeps climbing. Your parents are fortunate. After the blows of several recessions and the pandemic, many of us cannot afford to retire but we still hope to help our kids. 
[/quote]

I think you mean that later boomers (I am one, at 65 years old) have to wait until 67 to collect full Social Security. Medicare kicks in at 65.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics