Active Duty Retiring - Should I Full-Time?
I plan to retire in 2-3 years from active duty (26 years). I'll be around 45 years old. Wife and I have dreamed of full-timing for a while and both kids will be finishing up college. We are conside...
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2oldman wrote:Moffittclan wrote:You'll be close to the only one.
..but the switch in lifestyle at a relatively young age makes me feel guilty or something...Am I the only one?
I retired at 55, and the biggest shock to me was how much older everyone was. Few, very few of us can fully retire at 55, let alone 45. You will feel out of place.
I'd recommend staying gainfully employed another 10 years.
That is one of the biggest things the wife said to me when I retired at 41.... you are to young to retire.... I did retire for a little over a year and she was right... I was the youngest in the golfing group of 12 people...three foursomes everyday....the next youngest was old enough to be my dad.
