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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't discount the value of financial security. We are planning to retire at 60, and our son will graduate from college with zero debt (if he does it in 4 years!). We have enjoyed (nearly) every moment of raising our son, made wonderful memories as a family and given him a happy childhood and many of the skills he will need to be successful in life. Now we are looking forward to enjoying our senior years in relative comfort and so far in good health. Life is too short to dwell on what might have been; I consider myself to be the luckiest woman in the world because I had the opportunity to be his mom![/quote]

you could have easily had at least one more. now you are gonna be bored to death and pestering your DIL for children and visits. very short-sighted.[/quote]

LOL, because the only reason for women to exist is to raise children and grandchildren.  :roll: [/quote]

nope, but it surely sounds more interesting than being retired and doing nothing.[/quote]

who is doing nothng in retirement?  the same mom martyrs who live vicariously through their kids and have no identity other than mom. These are the ones that pester the kid to come visit all the time.  Get a life, now.[/quote]

so what are the interesting things you are doing in retirement? traveling while everyone laughs at you, bothering others with your stories, golfing? retired people are bored and boring.[/quote]

The retirees I know play musical instruments, paint, travel, tutor kids, coach chess teams, and act as volunteer docents at museums. Some also take jobs that are interesting, but pay a pittance. [/quote]

My mom is "retired," but actually spends her days implementing a housing program that helps poor people in NYC access housing benefits. She was a lawyer and then a program administrator for special needs kids in NYC, so she's using her skills to help others. Is that interesting enough for you?[/quote]

is she volunteering or not? if she is a volunteer her work is winless otherwise it would have been paid. so no, not interesting. if she is paid then she is not retired.[/quote]

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