Everyday Ordinary Man Approaching Full Retirement at 59.

bugslet

joansgirl wrote: »

Well...... I put my notice in this morning :eek:
The boss is away at the mo so I've e mailed her with the good news, just waiting for the inevitable response of......can you wait until I get home? The short answer to that is no, I can't. I'm expecting to leave on September 21st.

E.T.A. Just got the response from her :rotfl:

:j:j:jwell jel!

srn

My husband took voluntary redundancy and accessed his pension 2 years ago when he was 58, I decided to leave my job as well, he gets a nice pension and I get a very small NHS one. We aren't wealthy, but are comfortable and have savings and don't owe a penny to anyone. It is the best thing we have ever done, we do as we please, we go out or stay in and do our hobbies, we have a caravan and have travelled all over UK, staying as long as we want, coming home when we get a hankering to see our house or the weather turns, our dogs go with us, we have just spent 2 months touring Scotland. We now are planning our trip to Scandinavia next spring.

To anyone who is unsure about retiring early I would say do it, it's great and as people have shown on here, you never know what's around the corner. We agonised over whether we were doing the right thing, making endless calculations and financial projections, all a complete waste of time, we have never yet spent everything that we get each month on day to day living so whatever is left over from essential spending we use to treat ourselves, we don't save anymore, we have done that, now is the time to spend. Do it, you won't regret it.

joansgirl

The bosses reaction was better than I hoped, I think she knew she was on borrowed time since I cut my hours last year.

Strange to think that in a months time I will be a free woman

gibbo9

fatbeetle wrote: »

Pretty much our situation, (except I'll be 59.)




Good words! I'd rather live reasonably carefully, but be time rich, and enjoy my life with my wife, than work until I'm 70 and drop dead with money in the bank.

(PS. please don't use "alot" it's one of my major bugbears! Its "a lot". :beer:)

Sorry about that. That's the trouble with typing with with an unreliable finger. I will do better in future. I was a bit preoccupied at the time. First scan shows things haven't spread elsewhere so now waiting for the next one to see which bits I lose. Not as gloomy as it was but still a wake up call

Misslayed

gibbo9 wrote: »

Sorry about that. That's the trouble with typing with with an unreliable finger. I will do better in future. I was a bit preoccupied at the time. First scan shows things haven't spread elsewhere so now waiting for the next one to see which bits I lose. Not as gloomy as it was but still a wake up call

That sounds like goodish news. A few bits chopped off isn't so bad in the grand scheme of things! I have a strange shaped upper arm, but who cares!

gibbo9

Yes I've got a shark bite out of my knee from the original one. This one is an inside bit so should hardly leave a trace but will be glad when it's sorted all the same

Misslayed

Shark bite! That's what I have, never thought of that!

gibbo9

That's what my skin cancer nurse said it would look like when I woke up and she wasn't wrong, looks much better these days though

fatbeetle

gibbo9 wrote: »

Sorry about that. That's the trouble with typing with with an unreliable finger. I will do better in future. I was a bit preoccupied at the time. First scan shows things haven't spread elsewhere so now waiting for the next one to see which bits I lose. Not as gloomy as it was but still a wake up call

Apologies, I'm not normally grammar Nazi/pedant, and I knew not of your illness.

It's just that word really bugs me for some reason. I won't do it again....

Best wishes for a full and complete recovery mate, and again, apologies.

gibbo9

It really wasn't a problem. I think we all have those little pet hates. Round here people constantly miss the word 'to' out of sentences ie I'm going Hanley, that's one of mine, and you wouldn't believe the number of men round here with prostrate problems.
On a good note 2nd scan all arranged for tomorrow and only ordered at my appointment yesterday so I for one still have faith in the NHS