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Questions I have about Social Security and Medicare

I (M66) reach FRA early 2024 at 66 1/2. I own my home and car, have some savings and investments, 401k, and a small pension. Simple 'back of the cocktail napkin' arithmetic leads me to believe I can a...

reddit.com Oct 01 2023

Guidance for retiring at 55

I am a teacher and can retire at 55. If I retire at 55, I can start getting my pension (about 45% of my salary because I am retiring before my 30 years of service). I’ve read that I cannot start...

reddit.com Mar 25 2023

Filling the Gap

For those retiring early: assuming you are waiting until 65 for a pension, and 70 for full SS benefits, how are you filling the gap until then? Are you tapping into savings? Skimming off interest? Wor...

reddit.com Mar 23 2023

Advice needed as I approach retirement

Hello, wise and helpful people :) I'm (Single, no dependents, M58) planning to retire at 60 in the fall of 2024. My pension will cover 86% of my living expenses, and the remaining 14% will come from i...

reddit.com Mar 19 2023

Getting past the mental blocks about spending 401k money

I've read through some posts about people being afraid of spending their 401k and most responses assume you aren't depending in the 401k to be your main source of income. The only pension I have may b...

reddit.com Mar 15 2023

Early retirement

Hypothetically, if you had a pension that you were given early in life (20+ years before normal retirement) that covered 90-100% of your expenses, would you retire early and reduce your expenses? Edit...

reddit.com Mar 09 2023

Lifestyle in retirement

Those of you who are retired and don’t have a pension and didn’t save 1mm dollars, how comfortable are you in retirement with SSec and a moderate retirement savings? Did you downsize your ...

reddit.com Feb 22 2023

Retire next year?

I am 53m with wife, 53f, one kid, 15. Retired from military in 2020 with 70k pension that I am currently receiving. Wife gets 30k if I die first. I expect 35k/yr social security at 67. Wife will colle...

reddit.com Feb 19 2023

Rate my retirement

I'm currently 31. Planning to retire at 55. I work for my county government. As such. We are part of the state pension plan. If my income trends stay about how they've went. I'm looking at making appr...

reddit.com Feb 19 2023

Plan B - build garage with apt

Hubby 75 still working 9 months a year; I’m 62 are now work part time. Expect him to fully retire in 3-5 years. We are fairly set financially- both have state pensions, 401ks and SS (not me yet....

reddit.com Feb 13 2023

What would you do?

I'm 38 and about 2 years away from retiring from a highly stressful job. My pension (for life) will be about 72k a year, and I will have about 1.1 million in savings. If I stay at my job 5 years past ...

reddit.com Feb 10 2023

What to do with my cash when I actually retire

I’m 58. I retire with a $60k/yr pension for life in August. I have $250k in my IRA. I have $400k in a 457b. I will have roughly $650k in an account that can be either rolled to my IRA or taken a...

reddit.com Feb 10 2023

Help with retirement plan

Hi guys, I was recently hired by a company and they have a retirement plan. This is my first job with this "benefit " and I don't really know anything about contributions or how the pension plan works...

reddit.com Feb 10 2023

can I retire now

retirement in Canada Married couple 57m (A) and 55m (B) with no kid and no debt. A is still working with 140K salary and B has retired now with 30K per year pension for life and A has pension lump sum...

reddit.com Feb 05 2023

Early retire at 41?

Been thinking on early retirement quite a bit recently. Have military pension and been doing contract work that keeps me on the road. Partner has at home business that finances would not be an issue. ...

reddit.com Jan 21 2023