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The Retirement Thread

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GregP
GregP
May 2022
11:44am, 12 May 2022
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Yep. Amen to that
TROSaracen
TROSaracen
May 2022
11:49am, 12 May 2022
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It's one of life's forks in the road.

My sister always stayed close to home - lived at home much longer, never moved more than easy 30 mins drive away, sees my mum weekly, discusses the minutae of life with her daily.

I got out as soon as I could at 18, the disposable incomes sacrifices were, in my mind, value for money. Moved all about since then, location of my parents being a complete irrelevance in terms of where I ended up. I don't see my mum much, nor share much detail of my life with her, that's just what its always been.
EvilPixie
EvilPixie
May 2022
11:54am, 12 May 2022
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Parents are relative to retirement as you have to potentially factor in having to commute to see them
my annual miles is typically 4k a year but when dad was ill/died my mileage jumped to 15k and with petrol costs that is a huge increase
so if your plans say £70 a month on fuel ...
McGoohan
McGoohan
May 2022
11:58am, 12 May 2022
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One of my wife's friends reacted to the news that we may retire to Yorkshire with 'Hmph, well if I'd known that before, I wouldn't have invested so much in this friendship'.
EvilPixie
EvilPixie
May 2022
11:59am, 12 May 2022
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OMG!
Sigh
Sigh
May 2022
12:00pm, 12 May 2022
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:-O
GregP
GregP
May 2022
12:02pm, 12 May 2022
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That's quite remarkable.

One of my besties (and an e-buddy of Glenners') now lives in Tokyo. Can I trade him in for a refund?
um
um
May 2022
12:03pm, 12 May 2022
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Whereas my thoughts would be "I'm glad I invested in this friendship, it means a free holiday home"
Ness
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May 2022
12:27pm, 12 May 2022
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That's shocking, McG!
Johnny Blaze
Johnny Blaze
May 2022
12:27pm, 12 May 2022
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wtaf Friendships aren't a stocks and shares ISA, ffs.

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