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I Am Looking Foward to Retirement

UPDATE:

I will be retiring September 5
I couldn't make it to 25 years. Therefore I am going at 23.
Life has improved
My husband finally got his govt pension.
Financial wise things are much better.

I'm starting a new chapter...
See where the road will bring me.

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Threepio

Not to be a "Debbie Downer" but...

Just be careful not to overextend yourself. His VA pension should be paid out for the rest of his life... so don't count on it when you are "long-term" budgeting.

You'll need to long-term budget as if he was not receiving that pension and budget around your guaranteed income alone. His income then becomes "icing" on the financial cake so to speak.

I can tell you the story of why I advise this but lets just say "she lost the house" and leave it at that.