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Post by Tlex on May 30, 2017 13:43:07 GMT -6
What do you picture when you imagine your retirement? Where do you live, with whom, what's your lifestyle like?
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Post by Sundae on May 30, 2017 13:45:13 GMT -6
What do you picture when you imagine your retirement? Where do you live, with whom, what's your lifestyle like? Our plan is to buy/build a lake house in MI when our mortgage is paid off. We would also eventually like to sell this house and move downtown to a condo with perks. So basically, lake house for fresh air/yard, condo for convenience, easy lunching. But, architects don't retire... We expire. |
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Post by lucilleaustero on May 30, 2017 13:47:59 GMT -6
We wanted to retire to Charleston, but we are inheriting a big house on Shelter Island, so maybe there. I want to write, travel, drink red wine, eat olives and cheese and volunteer to be a baby hugger in NICUs.
Really though, we will follow the kids. DH will get a nice pension and my retirment is on point. So, we will help them however they may want help.
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Post by AnnPerkins on May 30, 2017 13:48:36 GMT -6
Somewhere in the midst of a large-ish city where I don't have to personally maintain anything and have juuuuuusst enough space for my family to occasionally visit. I would prefer to go to them and, in general, travel often.
And maybe inherit 1/4 of a beach house in Hawaii.
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Post by cinnamonlatte on May 30, 2017 13:49:23 GMT -6
We plan to have a small house hopefully close to where our kid end up. Hopefully the end up in the same state. All I want to do is travel, and be able to help my girls out.
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Post by Betweenthelines on May 30, 2017 13:50:33 GMT -6
I'm set to retire before 50 which seems to close yet so far. I hope to get out of here and end up somewhere warm. H keeps talking about buying something in Costa Rica. I want to always have a drink in hand and to always be laying in the sand or on a boat.. or whatever I decide that moment. Or....
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Post by brux on May 30, 2017 13:52:24 GMT -6
I'm set to retire before 50 which seems to close yet so far. I hope to get out of here and end up somewhere warm. H keeps talking about buying something in Costa Rica. I want to always have a drink in hand and to always be laying in the sand or on a boat.. or whatever I decide that moment. Or.... WANT. |
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Post by wasabi on May 30, 2017 13:53:30 GMT -6
I just want to live in a house on some land with horses and some goats and maybe a llama. SO would be growing all kinds of food. We wouldn't be too far out of the city though since I don't want to be in the middle of nowhere (thanks, Strangers).
We still won't have a dog. Inside at least.
This won't ever ever ever be in Canada thanks to all the bears that apparently hang out in backyards.
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Post by wasabi on May 30, 2017 13:54:17 GMT -6
I'm set to retire before 50 which seems to close yet so far. I hope to get out of here and end up somewhere warm. H keeps talking about buying something in Costa Rica. I want to always have a drink in hand and to always be laying in the sand or on a boat.. or whatever I decide that moment. Or.... Take me with you |
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Post by ginandtonic on May 30, 2017 13:54:19 GMT -6
Ideally, we'd like to go up north to Washington (we're in the Bay Area now). I have lived in California my whole life and would love to get away from all the traffic, noise, costs, etc. MH went to college in WA and loves it there.
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Post by Betweenthelines on May 30, 2017 13:54:38 GMT -6
I'm set to retire before 50 which seems to close yet so far. I hope to get out of here and end up somewhere warm. H keeps talking about buying something in Costa Rica. I want to always have a drink in hand and to always be laying in the sand or on a boat.. or whatever I decide that moment. Or.... WANT. I should be 48 when I sign my papers. 🍹🎉 |
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Post by jubilantsquirrel on May 30, 2017 13:54:45 GMT -6
I want an RV with all the bells and whistles so I can travel around the country.
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Post by Uncaripswife on May 30, 2017 13:54:46 GMT -6
Mh and I spend May-October in Boston. We live in a fancy apartment near the Public Garden. We eat at yummy restaurants, see shows, drive up to Maine to go to the beach. November and December we live wherever our DD lives so we can spend the holidays with her. January through April we live in the Virgin Islands.
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Post by wasabi on May 30, 2017 13:54:52 GMT -6
Is it weird that the though of not working at least part time gives me anxiety? When we do I want to travel more and buy more weiner dogsThis is the bestworst retirement plan I've ever heard |
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Post by brux on May 30, 2017 13:55:23 GMT -6
I would like a house on Isla Mujeres in Mexico and a townhouse/condo in my current city. I'd like to find a volunteer or PT job just for funsies and human interaction.
In a perfect world, we'd retire by 60-62 but who knows how realistic that is.
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Post by silverspoon on May 30, 2017 13:55:34 GMT -6
Lake house in Michigan for the summer and condo in South Carolina for the winter.
H will probably disappear in the garage for long periods of time tinkering as he likes to do and I will sit on the porch overlooking the lake reading as I like to do.
I would like to retire now.
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Post by brux on May 30, 2017 13:55:58 GMT -6
I should be 48 when I sign my papers. 🍹🎉 what the actual fuck am I doing with my life that I can't retire at 48?!?!?!???! |
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Post by brux on May 30, 2017 13:57:05 GMT -6
I want this house.  |
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Post by AnnPerkins on May 30, 2017 13:57:40 GMT -6
Is it weird that the though of not working at least part time gives me anxiety? When we do I want to travel more and buy more weiner dogs Is it because if you don't have anywhere to be, how will anyone notice you're missing if you die? |
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Post by PinkFreud on May 30, 2017 13:57:52 GMT -6
Anything but dead.
::cautiously optimistic::
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Post by pianolove on May 30, 2017 13:57:54 GMT -6
Great question.
Ideally we'd like to still be in this house. If the opportunity comes up we'd buy surrounding acreage to add to what we already have.
We have talked about backpacking across Europe or buying an RV and seeing America.
H would probably do side work as a welder and I think depending where my kids were geographically and in life I'd help out with their kids as needed/wanted, maybe work a part time retail job.
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Post by Betweenthelines on May 30, 2017 13:57:56 GMT -6
I should be 48 when I sign my papers. 🍹🎉 what the actual fuck am I doing with my life that I can't retire at 48?!?!?!???! I'll save a bag for you. You can hop in and I'll smuggle you to wherever I end up. Who needs work? |
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Post by tinyjoys on May 30, 2017 13:58:32 GMT -6
H has dreams of a cabin on a lake when he retires. I have dreams of a smallish homestead farm. I could be swayed to the cabin, though. Since we're considering building in the next 10 or so years, my farm could happen sooner and then we could retire to his cabin later.
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Post by Tlex on May 30, 2017 13:59:04 GMT -6
We want a small bit of land. In my fantasies there is a water view.No bears preferred. We'd like to custom build our own home with foresight re: ageing there. Location with a lot of accessibility and a hospital nearby is key. A library too. Close to a town with modern conveniences. In town would be fine too. Basically all we need is on the main, with 2 bedrooms up for our kids and grandkids to come stay.   We like to putter around so my day would be something like: Feed chickens, collect fresh eggs (yes I look very good for 80, thank you)  Bake some bread, pick some veggies, make jam, something like that. Read.  Pop into town for errands. Need more wine. Come home, lunch, nap, then start dinner. Read while dinner cooks, then after dinner read or watch HBO.  Take a nightly soak in my spa  And sleep 8-10 hours uninterrupted. |
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Post by shan-ah-doo on May 30, 2017 13:59:07 GMT -6
The plan is to move to downtown Chicago and also buy a small lake house.
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Post by CurlieWhirlie on May 30, 2017 13:59:17 GMT -6
We often talk about having a little condo in the city once the kids are out of the house, so we can enjoy all of the culture the city has to offer. I really love our small town, though. It's where I grew up and where my kids are growing up, and I think if I had to choose I would love to live there and be able to care for my grandchildren in my retirement, as my parents are doing now. A vacation home would be nice, somewhere the whole family can use and enjoy.
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Post by Peekaru on May 30, 2017 14:00:15 GMT -6
I should be 48 when I sign my papers. 🍹🎉 Are you military? Are you going to fully retire? |
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Post by Sundae on May 30, 2017 14:01:25 GMT -6
The plan is to move to downtown Chicago and also buy a small lake house. I'll see you there. |
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Post by anastasia on May 30, 2017 14:01:37 GMT -6
I hope we can travel and be near our kids.
I want to be an amazing, involved Grandma.
We will likely move to a smaller, easier to maintain place when our kids are grown. I wouldn't want a vacation home. I want to go somewhere new all the time.
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Post by wasabi on May 30, 2017 14:02:12 GMT -6
That is the life I want, TlexSO would want a tiny home. I am not quite on board with that. |
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