# Happy Doper Milestones thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442 "2012-10-11T18:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 497
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/497 "2022-11-17T08:08:53Z")
I retired today!! Woo-hoo! I’m 61 and I’m done! I posted about it in MPSIMS here: > [@Whoa — I just retired today! How did your life change after retirement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-i-just-retired-today-how-did-your-life-change-after-retirement/975070): > > I’m 61 and my wife is 57. I’ve been thinking about retiring for a couple of months, and then my wife and I talked about it for a few weeks. She’s still working and she wants to continue working for awhile, so I’ll get my coverage from her. A week ago we decided together that I should retire. Ever since that decision I’ve been feeling great about it. We both have. Today I met with my boss and my plan was to tell him that I’m retiring effective immediately. But I don’t know how such things are do… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442)._