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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New poster here. Why wouldn’t you mentally put a value on a pension? It seems a bit silly for everyone else to calculate/think about about their net worth, but families with $50-$100k+ in pension payments coming are supposed to mentally pretend that this has no cash value.

If both my spouse and I die without getting a chance to receive those pension payments, then that’s the way it goes (I’m guessing that I won’t care at that point, lol - and we have enough other savings that our children would still inherit a nice amount anyways). But while I’m alive, I’m including an estimate of our pension value in my own personal net worth calculations. 
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But to what end is your "personal net worth calculation"?  If it is to be proud of yourself or for bragging purposes, fine, go ahead and count it.  But if you are trying to figure it out for practical, retirement planning purposes, then the cash flow approach that PP suggests above is the way to do it.[/quote]

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