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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 53, my youngest is 15 years old.  3 more years at home before he's off to college. I keep batting around returning to work but it's been nearly 18 years for me...yikes.

If I go back sometime between now and when we have an empty nest when I'm 56, I have to really think about the value in returning to work.  At 56 I won't exactly be looking to start a new career.  It would be strictly for the added income and it wouldn't be for that long, maybe 5 years?  I've never approached working with quite that view before so the answer as to whether to go back or not isn't that obvious to me.  Still debating....[/quote]

At 56, reality check...no one is hiring you unless you want a service job or some other low-level part-time job that the employer finds difficult to fill.  So not much to debate.[/quote]

If these moms didn’t need income at 54 they probably dont at 56- so lucky them to be able to look for something with low stress that they enjoy. [/quote]

No beef with that but portraying it as debating whether to return to work in any meaningful way is just silly.  And I think the point is the pickings at that age with no job experience aren’t likely to be all that fun.[/quote]

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