Suzie

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• This assumes people will be able to work for how long they choose. Not all of us are able to due to physical challenges, age discrimination (this from personal experience), and lack of opportunities.

  Post: Buying Freedom

  Link to comment from June 1, 2024

• Good point, Patrick. Need to make sure my hubby knows HOW different bills are paid. Thanks for mentioning it.

  Post: In My Absence

  Link to comment from April 27, 2024

• What a great post. Agree 100 percent about the small things I appreciate more now that I'm retired. And what a fantastic idea, I am definitely going to sit down with my hubby and go over where the money is and what bills need to be paid (and when). He is involved with our finances, but I think it would be great to get it written down in one spot.

  Post: In My Absence

  Link to comment from April 27, 2024

• I used to have school dreams. Usually back in high school and unprepared or lost. Almost every time in the dream I would realize "wait, I've graduated from high school and don't have to be here." I would feel intense relief. I retired almost a year ago and almost constantly dream about being at "work." That or being at somebody's home with my parents. I've heard that our loved ones communicate with us thru our dreams so that actually kind of makes me feel happy.

  Post: Retirement Dreams

  Link to comment from February 21, 2024

• It is a very frustrating situation. We went out to dinner to a local tavern and thankfully I noticed they had added the fee for credit cards. They removed it once we told them we were paying cash. However there are a couple of venues that explicitly refuse to accept cash. The local pro sports stadium has machines that change cash to debit cards as well as a nearby amusement park. Both started this policy because of the pandemic but have never switched back.

  Post: Cash Is Back

  Link to comment from August 13, 2023

• Very useful information. I personally know three instances the last two months, of scamming attempts. Unfortunately, one person (not me) did get scammed. A friend was interacting with someone pretending to be a well know actor, who attempted to scam them, asking for personal information (i.e. did she own her house, where did she bank, etc.) Initially, she was so excited, telling me over several weeks about this person messaging her thru social media. I suspected it was a scammer, she finally figured it out on her own. Hubby's cousin had someone she thought was a friend from church email her asking her to send their niece money thru Amazon. Unfortunately she sent them $200. She figured out she had been duped when they emailed her the next day asking for $500. I received a friend request on Facebook from a former co-worker. It looked legit so I accepted. A day later they DM'd me on FB just to say "hi." I ignored it initially and they DM'd again. I finally responded and they kept it up. The messages were persistent and I was immediately suspicious. Then I got a message at 3AM telling me there was a program that would send me money. They claimed that they received $100k from the government sent to them via FedEx and they would help me apply. I immediately unfriended them and blocked them. You really do have to be vigilant and skeptical.

  Post: Anti-Social Behavior

  Link to comment from July 26, 2023

• I am glad to hear you have found relief with the chiropractor. As another commenter pointed out, there are good and bad people in any field. Years ago I went to a fantastic chiropractor who did not prescribe the "see you next week" regime. I went for neck and shoulder spasms. Usually one, maybe two treatments and I was fine for over a year. Unfortunately, he retired. Then I went to another chiropractor, and she wanted to do an MRI, among other things. I found a great massage therapist instead. You are absolutely right, we have to be our own health care advocates.

  Post: Pain in the Neck

  Link to comment from July 8, 2023

• Your sixth try is a winner. I retired back in March, a couple of days before my 67th birthday. I worked for family (not my family thankfully) business. Since 2020 there has been a lot of family drama. Things got really bad last summer. July 2022, I went to the ER (almost passed out at work) with my BP 200/110. (I'm on BP med now and it's under control.) My boss at the time was forced to leave the company and I was targeted shortly thereafter. I had hoped to finish out 2023 but things came to a head in March and I said "no more." I had been diligently saving and have a small pension from a previous job, plus 401(k) and IRA. After crunching all the numbers, I realized I would not be increasing my social security by much if I stuck it out. Plus I realized that with the pension and social security I am making about the same as when I started with the company 7 years ago. I am happy with my decision. Hubby is still working, from home. I have been able to work on things that I've been putting off, i.e. cleaning out the basement, yard work, among other things. It's just not worth it to sacrifice my health to try to please others.

  Post: Why I Retired

  Link to comment from July 2, 2023

• Very good post but there are two you missed. One was experienced by a cousin. The other by a friend. Both over 60. Cousin received an email from someone she thought was from her church, asking if she could send $200 to that person's niece. Unfortunately she did. The next day she received another email asking for more money, and that's when she got suspicious. She looked closer at the sender's email address and realized it was very slightly different than her friend's. My friend was receiving messages via Instagram that she thought were from a celebrity (I know, I know, I bit my tongue when she told me about it). They communicated for almost a month before they started asking her really personal questions. Example, where do you live, do you own your own home, where do you do your banking. That's when she got suspicious. She finally started being a little more inquisitive with this person and they started this whole "why are you asking me that? My feelings are hurt. Why are you being so mean?" She was fortunate in that she did not get scammed, but it did take her awhile to realize she was being groomed to get scammed. You have to be really careful about what you put out on the internet.

  Post: Be Careful Out There

  Link to comment from June 19, 2023

• Will never use Capital One. Hubby had a problem with them over 20 years ago, terrible customer service. The Walmart situation is interesting in light of the recent story about them closing stores in Oregon because of them losing money.

  Post: Aftermath of a Scam

  Link to comment from March 11, 2023