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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Nov 2019 9:48am, 3 Nov 2019 29,096 posts	0 Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) I don’t object to equal retirement age but believe it should have been a gradual increase (more than it is) having said that I wouldn’t swop places with my older sister because I at least have better health which is priceless.
Ally-C Nov 2019 9:51am, 3 Nov 2019 694 posts	0 Ally-C Jda, the average male Scot will get nowhere near twenty years of retirement. Ten years if going at 67, fourteen for a female.
jabberknit Nov 2019 9:53am, 3 Nov 2019 3,078 posts	0 jabberknit I'm one of the 50s-born women whose pension age jumped from 60 to 67 overnight, though now I'll apparently get it at 66, 3 years away. I never got any direct information about it - you'd think a caring government might have thought it a good idea to let us know personally, especially as they weren't allowing us much time to do anything about it. I certainly don't recall seeing much about it on the news or in the press. I've no objection to the pension age being raised, as so many of us are living so much longer and (most but not all) are generally fitter and more able to continue working into our 60s, but it needed to be done gradually, to allow people time to make the appropriate arrangements to accommodate the delayed payment. Taking my only work pension that's worth anything in December.
macca 53 Nov 2019 10:08am, 3 Nov 2019 27,099 posts	0 macca 53 Mrs macca is a WASPI woman to, and won’t get her state pension until she’s 66
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Nov 2019 10:45am, 3 Nov 2019 29,097 posts	0 Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) I made a mistake, I can retire at 65 years, 10 months and 28 days, that will be next year then
TeeBee Nov 2019 11:42am, 3 Nov 2019 5,432 posts	0 TeeBee
LindsD Nov 2019 12:13pm, 3 Nov 2019 30,517 posts	0 LindsD That has cheered me up MrsJ
Sharkie Nov 2019 1:39pm, 3 Nov 2019 15,297 posts	0 Sharkie I was lucky obviously - born in January 1953 - the cut off is later that very year I think. I took my state pension at 61, I'd sort of forgotten I was eligible. BUT I am still working.
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Nov 2019 2:03pm, 3 Nov 2019 29,099 posts	0 Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) I am semi retired, plan on working for as long as I feel like doing so as I only work 18 hours per week.
HellsBells Nov 2019 2:25pm, 3 Nov 2019 25,908 posts	0 HellsBells Isn't WAVA great? One of the best bits about getting older polishes shiny new 10k WAVA PB