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Boris the Beard
11:10 Tue Oct 30
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Took redundancy when I my first kid was born as I hated my job, I was 37 at the time. I have two kids now and never grafted so hard.
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Dr Moose
10:36 Tue Oct 30
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I can't wait till I retire, only 23 more years!!! (based on retiring at 67) I plan to do the walking football when I hit 50 and carry it on into retirement. I'm also planning on playing senior table tennis as well, will keep me fit and get me out of the house.
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Whitester.
10:15 Tue Oct 30
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I’m 45 and do two days a week now. Spent twenty years in the city my day was 0600 -1900. It is now 1000-1500 Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Loving it.
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andyd12345
9:56 Tue Oct 30
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Fucking hell we’ve got some old cunts that frequent this forum. Can’t believe how many of you are in your 50’s and 60’s.
Mods - we need to start some kind of recruitment drive to attract the next generation of whoers. Most posters are likely to be dead in the next 20 years and then we’ll be fucked.
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PwoperNaughtyButNot
9:17 Tue Oct 30
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How much do you actually need to retire these days?
Not to be on cruises all year round but to be ok and not to worry?
Is income from investments like property rent etc better than purchasing an annuity?
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J.Riddle
4:03 Tue Oct 30
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Brothers ex-wifes stepfather took early retirement from the police force (worked out of Bermondsey Nick) at 50 with full paid pension. Sold up with bruvs ex mother in-law, bought a place on the isle of Skye, he bought a small fishing boat and spends his days out catching fish. Although I expect they must get there fair share of gale force 9's up there!? One downside is his Mrs has a dodgy ticker and there is no hospital on the island. Nearest is Inverness I believe so would need airlifting to there in an emergency. Assume they are happy, don't think they could afford to come back if they wanted to what with prices going up. Would bore me shitless, but it would be a boring world if we were all the same.
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mike hunt
1:44 Tue Oct 30
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trouble is i'm free for golf but the blokes i play with all still work, so i'm sort of stuck playing saturdays and any games i can pick up during the week
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Gaffer58
8:01 Mon Oct 29
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After working on a steelworks for 40 years more than happy to escape. You just take longer to do all those weekly jobs, also walking the dog and playing golf, wish I could off afforded it years ago.
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twoleftfeet
5:51 Mon Oct 29
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“ early retirement, anyone done it? “
Ask Felipe Anderson
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GreenStreetPlayer
5:51 Mon Oct 29
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Every day not having to go to work anymore is like being on holiday.
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Grumpster
4:35 Mon Oct 29
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Dad retired at 50 from Standard Chartered Bank with a very good pension and would hazard a guess that 29 years later, he's more than happy that he did.
One thing I realised when I was once unemployed for 6 months after redundancy, was that I was a damn sight more happy being bored than I was going to work, though some people aren't happy in their own company like I am doing fuck all.
Probably also depends on your profession, as office work clearly isn't something to miss unless you're a lunatic.
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The Mercernary
4:25 Mon Oct 29
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I've just gone back to work after a 17-month career break. I was really excited about the break thinking that not working was going to be fantastic.
What a massive shock it was on the first Monday with nothing to do! I didn't realise how much I needed a structure in my life or how weird it was going to be not knowing what day of the week it was. It took me months to get used to it and it nearly spoilt the break completely tbh.
It was also a shock how much I missed the daily banter at work. It was brilliant when the sun came out and the World Cup was on though!
I've now got nine years of work until my pension and I've realised I'm the kind of person who'll need to have a plan when I finish, rather than just playing it by ear. You live and learn!
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Westham67
7:21 Mon Oct 29
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Thinking the same Joe C his boy is 36
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balders
7:20 Mon Oct 29
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Joe C 9:53
Cheeky cunt
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Tomsdad
10:15 Sun Oct 28
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Didn't realise how many old cunts posted on here!
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Joe C
9:53 Sun Oct 28
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balders 6:46 Sun Oct 28
That’s absolute bullshit.
There’s no way you’re only 48...
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ManorParkHammer
9:47 Sun Oct 28
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No one on who has ever taken early retirement.
Unless you define it as never worked and claiming, or sacked from McDonald's and claiming.
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Yarmouth
9:40 Sun Oct 28
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wiring - working..
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Yarmouth
9:39 Sun Oct 28
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Quit the oil biz 3 yrs ago at 58 after 20 odd yrs in the Mid East and prior to that oil rigs North Sea.
Best thing I've ever done. Broke up badly with the missus after 6 months (the oilfield marriage..), moved house, changed my life completely, but still the best thing I've ever done.
It's surprising how little you need day on day unless you want to go on round the world cruises, 1st class holidays, new motor every 5 minutes etc. Once the debts are gone, the kids have grown up and got married, the outlay dramatically reduces.
Sounds obvious I know but it's a fact. Periods of 'what next, what now' creep in every now and then but didn't they when we were flat out wiring all hours anyway?
One thing a retirement + a break up does is push you into doing things you otherwise wouldn't have tried. And it works.
Life is for living, yes it's a cliche but its also a fact, and when you get to late 50's+, life really is too short to use it up working if you have a choice.
Best wishes
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Chigwell
7:54 Sun Oct 28
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I retired at 60 because I was tempted by an "early release" package that many of my colleagues had already taken. 5 years later I don't regret that decision because conditions in that job have gone from bad to worse, but I would have preferred to work part time for a few years as I am finding that life without a meaningful direction can be boring. In the summer I find plenty to do, but at this time of year (in the Northern Hemisphere, when the clocks change to make days even shorter) it is all rather depressing. I don't want to be too dramatic about it as I shall cope OK, but my advice is to try going part time if you can.
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Attwood
7:54 Sun Oct 28
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Retired at 48, went back after 3 months.
Went part time last December aged 56, now work 3 days one week, 2 days the next and then 7 days off.
Has topped up my pension nicely and allowed me to see more of my Grandaughter but am close to calling it a day permanently now.
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