# Retirement acceptance(?) steps

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-acceptance-steps/980365>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 25, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-acceptance-steps/980365 "2023-02-25T17:04:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-acceptance-steps/980365/14 "2023-02-25T21:53:34Z")

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I didn’t do a thread on it but this is one place I explained it a little:

> [@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/975070/30):
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> I wasn’t 40 yet when I started posting. Part of my description was “with 2 young kids”. Yep, those kids are adults now. I officially retired the early part of this year I guess. But it is a little fuzzy as I’ve been out of work since a few months after COVID started. I got a good job offer and realized I didn’t want to start over yet again and didn’t need to either. So it was at that point, I retired.

I’m still in my 50s, we’re savers and downsized recently so our expenses are low. My wife is still working but probably only 2 more years.

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