Re: Retirement
Well I must be a pensioner of very different thoughts because I consider myself well off yet i receive only my state pension. I did save towards a private pension but took that at 60 as a small lump sum ( triviality) this is my safety net money in case of emergency, what's left of it anyway.
I worked from the age of 15 until 64 . I could have retired at 60 but chose to work on . I never received good wages and mostly until the age of 57 earned the minimum wage . I worked in cleaning, shop work, waitressing , bar work . Any work available .After that age I earned slightly more , but not much more .
So I live well on my state pension, I have what I need , a 12 year old seat' , a small house now paid for . I'm warm and eat well. I dont ask much of life apart from 3 years ago I treated myself to a fortnight in Thailand a holiday of a lifetime for me where I met other pensioners already booking another holiday weeks later expensive ones too .
So maybe I'm of a different thinking because I had little throughout my life I have no expectations as an older woman . Of course I would love to travel and see the world but I cant so I watch it on the TV . I do think some people think they should always have a holidays and nice things because I used to meet them when I worked and some had many holidays each year , but I never had those expectations .
I am not complaining and respect many of you and your thoughts but I think when you've had little in life and been glad of small things that have come your way you are glad of what you have . So for me my state pension is my weekly wage for being able to do what I want and when I want and not having to say yes sir no sir and long may it last