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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would take a year or two off and then get back into the job market. Once your kids are in college you may want to have a job so no need to close off that path. What does retiring even mean - do you actually get retirement benefits from somewhere? You can't take social security for many years anyway.

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Fair point. I prob will have plenty of free time on my hands after kids are both in college. Ideally the hubs wants to quit also and we can spend next 10 years to travel, stay home to garden, help kids out with homework when needed, and basically enjoy life before we're too old to hike through Europe/Asia. His fear is that he'll be too weak/frail to do traveling and really enjoy life at the normal 65+ retirement age.

As stated before, we are not really expecting any pensions or SS to be available, other than medical coverage when we hit 65 which is why I want to plan to save enough and work as much as I can if it makes sense so we won't have to worry about expenses. [/quote]

And if YOU (with 6 million  :shock: ) don't have enough.. what will happen to the rest of the elderly? Euthanasia?  Begging on the streets? There is a fear of being destitute and on the streets, and there is a fear you won't afford comfortable UMC lifestyle, frequent overseas travel and a vacation home, high end nursing home or paying a live-in caretaker, giving DP to your kids or paying for their school, etc.  The latter are your problems, so you decide how much you hate or love working. There is no stability in this universe for anyone. It's a personal choice[/quote]

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