Do we actually need to Retire?

[georgegeorgia]

I actually met a guy in Pattaya who told me he retired from the UK civil service at 55 and regretted it ,said he wished he had gone to 65

 

All this media hype about retiring ,like we should !

 

Did you regret retiring?

 

Is there anything wrong with someone who doesn't retire say at 60 or even 65?

 

I'm thinking of just working and taking 2 X  trips a year to Asia instead of retiring 

 

Many countries have now no set retirement age 

 

Do any of you still WORK past 60?

Are you happy to WORK?

 

 

 

 

[ChumpChange]

Mop until you drop baby. And don't let anyone ever tell you that you should do anything different.

[save the frogs]

My tailor back home closed his shop at 80. But in the last years, he was only working mornings (3-4 hours a day).

Even after he closed his shop, he had a sign on his home window. He still did the odd suit in his spare time from home.

But the key is he did sth he enjoyed and he worked for himself.

It's impossible to do that in the corporate world. Either you work 40-60 hours a week or you don't work at all.

Unless you can negotiate sth with your employer.

Working reduced hours will not negatively affect your health and may positively affect your mental health. 

If you keep working long hours into your 60s, there's a chance your health will degrade. 

 

[Jingthing]

If you have a choice to stop working, it depends on whether you enjoy your work and the purpose of your work matches your values. 

Retirement is a relatively modern concept.

[ChumpChange]

5 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Retirement is a relatively modern concept.

That sentence made me laugh. It's the polite way of saying "get the fulk out of your job if you can". 👍🏼

[gargamon]

Retired at 45. Been with around 1500 different women since. It sure beats working.

[ezzra]

11 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Retired at 45. Been with around 1500 different women since. It sure beats working.

Been around 1500 women sound like a lot of work for me, satisfy and caring for them, I'd rather go to work instead...

[gargamon]

2 minutes ago, ezzra said:

satisfy and caring for them

Huh? What?

[ezzra]

9 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Huh? What?

I guessed that being around 1500 women  ( you didn't specified what type of women)

actually meant being with them for some period of time unless your version of 'being around'

means something else completely...

[scubascuba3]

If you enjoy work and don't enjoy retirement type lifestyle then keep working

[gargamon]

2 minutes ago, ezzra said:

I guessed that being around 1500 women  ( you didn't specified what type of women)

actually meant being with them for some period of time unless your version of 'being around'

means something else completely...

Being with around ... Is not the same as being around ... Is English not your first language?

[ezzra]

2 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Being with around ... Is not the same as being around ... Is English not your first language?

No, English in not my first language but i do speak 4 other languages, Ok, so do us all a favor and be more

succinct as to what 'being around 1500 women' means...

[ChumpChange]

1500 is an obvious typo. He meant to type the number without the two zeros. 😉

[gargamon]

12 minutes ago, ezzra said:

No, English in not my first language but i do speak 4 other languages, Ok, so do us all a favor and be more

succinct as to what 'being around 1500 women' means...

What I said was:

 

55 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Been with around 1500 different women since

I dunno where you get 'being around 1500 women' from. You need to “bone“ up on your English obviously. Maybe read up what the word “with“ means. 

 

Go have a coffee (or tea) in some cafe. You'll be “around“  a few women. You won't be “with“ any of them.

[SAFETY FIRST]

2 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Do we actually need to Retire? 

Retire when you want but if you haven't got the funds stay working.

 

💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲

 

Life is for enjoyment, when you retire you need money to travel, eat good food, buy toys (vehicles, gym membership, golf clubs etc). 

 

Also if you're insecure you'll needs friends and family close by. 

 

If you retire without sufficient funds to enjoy your life you'll end up living in a box, watching the TV because you haven't got a vehicle to get out and about, then you'll be miserable, you will become one of the many moaners here on AN forums. 

 

 

[stoner]

31 minutes ago, ezzra said:

40 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Being with around ... Is not the same as being around ... Is English not your first language?

No, English in not my first language but i do speak 4 other languages, Ok, so do us all a favor and be more

succinct as to what 'being around 1500 women' means...

 

 

[stoner]

16 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

you will become one of the many moaners here on AN forums.

 

i don't need to retire to do this. 

[novacova]

3 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Did you regret retiring?

No, but I always have the option to get back in the game.

 

3 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Is there anything wrong with someone who doesn't retire say at 60 or even 65?

Not at all, I have colleagues who are still working in their early to late 70’s, not because they have to work, they work because it’s a lifestyle, hobby. I still do research without pay because I enjoy it.

 

Do as you wish, let time be the decider of regret.

[HappyExpat57]

I had the good furtune to be offered an early retirement at age 46 due to a Navy base closure which I jumped on. What this afforded me was to think about what adventures I'd like to try. I worked a contract for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines which I'd probably still be doing except you had to work 7 days a week. We all need a weekly day off. After that, I decided after over a decade of being a scuba Divemaster that I'd get my Instructor certification. Thailand reportedly had one of the three best courses, so I came to try that. Nice for a few years but working so hard for NO money (not even tips) didn't set well.

 

OK, I want to stay in Thailand, what am I qualified to do? Teaching English was a logical choice. And I'm STILL doing that now, though I fell into a sweet gig - part time, and I am my own master at this school. Works well for them, works well for me, and I plan on staying at this school as long as my body will allow it.

 

Bottom line - I've had periods of complete retirement and found myself bored to tears. I really believe having a reason to look forward to weekends instead of EVERY day being a Saturday is the way to go.

[Gottfrid]

3 hours ago, save the frogs said:

If you keep working long hours into your 60s, there's a chance your health will degrade. 

Sure! As a general age of retirement in most European countries it is around 65. Are you saying that will deteriorate peoples health?

[KhunLA]

Regret retiring ? ... NO

 

I can always think of doing something, anything, or nothing at all, and all more fun then working.

 

Only worked for the bennies & money, when I didn't need either, their was no purpose to be there.   Work kept me from doing other things that I enjoy more.  Doing nothing at all was more enjoyable than having to be on a schedule.

 

I self entertain easily, can think for myself, I don't need programming.

[Prubangboy]

I'm 71, retired at 40. A fair few people have been happy to fill the desk I left.

 

And I was happy to leave it.

 

I don't think I've heard anyone complain about "media hype" since I worked at that desk.

[save the frogs]

2 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Sure! As a general age of retirement in most European countries it is around 65. Are you saying that will deteriorate peoples health?

yeah, some people get cancer soon after they retire at 65. but then again, maybe they smoked all their lives ..

 

but some jobs are stressful and/or hard on the body .. depends 

 

there's no cookie cutter answer for everyone. 

 

[KhunLA]

2 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Sure! As a general age of retirement in most European countries it is around 65. Are you saying that will deteriorate peoples health?

I'm sure it's just a coincidence ... 

 

USA ... Born 1954 (me), male life expectancy is 66.7 yrs.   USA Soc Sec age of full retirement benefits is 66, born 1960, now 67.  

 

USA ... Male life expectancy if born 1960 ... 66.7 yrs 

 

Why pension funds are not fully vested, as they know, they'll never need to pay out that much.

 

IAM union average monthly pay outs for our local union was 18 months.  For my job classification, only 11 months.

 

[thaibeachlovers]

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

I guessed that being around 1500 women  ( you didn't specified what type of women)

actually meant being with them for some period of time unless your version of 'being around'

means something else completely...

Perhaps he has a lot of money to pay pros.

I worked with at least 1500 women in my decades of nursing, so I might claim to have "been with" 1500 women, though I didn't actually become friends with more than a few.

[freeworld]

4 hours ago, gargamon said:

Been with around 1500 different women since

Sounds awful, something to be proud of?

[lom]

1 hour ago, Prubangboy said:

'm 71, retired at 40. A fair few people have been happy to fill the desk I left.

Kudos to you for making space for the younger generation instead of egoistically occupying a seat that you don't need.

[KhunLA]

11 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Perhaps he has a lot of money to pay pros.

I worked with at least 1500 women in my decades of nursing, so I might claim to have "been with" 1500 women, though I didn't actually become friends with more than a few.

Myself, been around/with 10s of 1000s as I use to attend a lot of concerts.

[Prubangboy]

I don't even volunteer here in Chiang Mai because there are so many other people gagging to do it.

 

 I am obsolete and irrelevant -and pretty happy about it.

[worgeordie]

Retired here at 42 , up till then most likely worked twice as hard to earn enough

money to do that ,I had a plan , best thing I could have done , 80 this year and

have more money now than I came with so I guess it all worked out , I think I

would have been dead if I had had not left , running businesses too stressful,

I loved doing what I was doing , it was the customers who spoiled it ....... 

 

regards Worgeordie