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Can you, or will you be able to, retire and stop working?

I was hoping to be out at 65, but since I bought my house on my own two yrs ago at 55, and I live by myself (so no romantic 'drain' but also no co-contributor to the repayments), I think I'll now be aiming to retire at 70.

I already am no longer working full-time, so I'm on the slow downhill pathway to stopping working. 8-)

Sadly there are some people who can't or won't be able to stop working past their 60's or 70's, and a smaller again subset who don't want to stop working (my hat is off to those).

Fortunately I am in neither of those categories.

Employers do not generally value their employees and your employer (and management of said employer) are generally not your friend(s).
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exexec · 70-79, C
My wife and I were able to retire in our 60's. We have no pensions, but we are fine with Social Security (as it is now) and investments. It is more important than ever for people to start saving/investing early, even if it is just a little bit each month.