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[–] 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Nah, wifey and me don't save for "later". We retired like 30yrs ago after having tried some jobs. It was just not our thing. Will we drown in money in "official" retirement (if we even reach the age of 67) Probably not, but we already lived that life so far and it seemed like a better deal than saving a lot just to maybe enjoy it somewhere in the distant future. Also we were fit enough to actually enjoy all the time. Traveling, hobbies, chilling...

My dad worked his ass off, spent most of it while doing so, ended up with nothing and didn't know what to do with all the sparetime after being retired. Died a year of boredom later. I never wanted to end that sad and pathetic.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Sounds like you got some trauma

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Hu? Nope, very very far from it. Wrong comment you replied to? 😉

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  • [–] -2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    My dad worked his ass off, spent most of it while doing so, ended up with nothing and didn’t know what to do with all the sparetime after being retired. Died a year of boredom later. I never wanted to end that sad and pathetic.

    Mostly referring to this.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago*

    Ah okay, sorry. Though if you'd call that trauma, you haven't seen trauma 😊

    It was sad to watch, but I was already 20yrs retired before he even thought about it. And called me lazy for that lol. He was a well conditioned boomer-worker-bee. Yet didn't even manage a boomer-house by then. But still, life was all about working. Just because.

    Might've phrased it a bit off in hindsight.

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