Shouldn't we be enjoying ourselves and start work at the age of 60?
2007-07-04 03:43:44 · 31 answers · asked by Stella S 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
I'm 43 and I've got a job interview tomorrow. I'm on here instead of preparing for it. Can't I just have another 17 years?
2007-07-04 03:50:13 · update #1
gldnsilnc: Yes, I'm actually a primary teacher. So maybe the kids should go out to work instead. I'd have no job but I could stay on state benefits.
2007-07-04 08:54:13 · update #2
Who said I can't wear a bikini?
Think I might try it and see if I get arrested for wrinkle exposure!
I enjoyed my job, especially the latter years, but I enjoy a very active retirement after working for 40 years; had two years off in total for child-rearing.
I think I would say that I've earned my "holiday" - long may it last!
2007-07-04 03:59:52 · answer #1 · answered by Veronica Alicia 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No it is not. I retired 6 years ago and although I do not work a full day I do not have pass times I have interests and hobbies. This time has enabled me to do some volutary work I would not have dreamed of althoght I dropped an ther voluntary job shortly after I retired 'cos I was stale and getting in the way. The two things I have not done is Learn a lanuage and learn to play a musical instrument. Given that I pay tax I regard myself as making an economic contribution.
2007-07-04 11:27:14 · answer #2 · answered by Scouse 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
After working in the same profession for over 35 years I took ill health retirement, 2 years on I feel fantastic! My health has improved because I'm no longer putting it under the strain of the job. Result? I'm fitter now than for years.
I've started up a new line of business, I control my working hours, not the other way round! and am happier and much more satisfied with life.
2007-07-05 00:34:45 · answer #3 · answered by Ellie L 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't be silly. You are not a sponger are you? Unless you are one of the few idle rich you have to earn a living and pave the way for eventual retirement while your physical body and mental faculties allow you to do his. When you get to 60,or 65 as it will be, you will have deserved your rest and will be able to enjoy the spare time and do lots of things you haven't had time for before. You may be retired for 30 years or more so you have a lot to look forward to.
2007-07-05 03:05:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is to live a balanced life - at all ages. There are some things one can't do at age 60, so don't work all the time. There are some things one can't do before age 60, so make sure one waits for 60 patiently.
2007-07-04 11:22:42 · answer #5 · answered by autumnleaves 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Retirement is a waste, no matter who "enjoys" it. More often than not, it removes us from the mainstream of the population, concentrates us in a pool of our own age, and in general, causes isolation. Not my cup of tea. When we are not exposed to new ideas, new fads, new music, new films, new people, we sink into a very small world of boredom....and cease living. No thanks. I have known far too many older people who are depressed, feel left out of life, and in general, have no further use for living...brought on themselves by retirement. It is no accident that so many die soon after retirement...nothing to live for. The greatest amount of knowledge lies in the heads of those who have been there, done that, and lived through it. This knowledge must be shared with the younger set to see them through their rough waters...otherwise, the general population is doomed to make the same mistakes over and over...needlessly so. As for me, I will work until the day I die. Fortunately, I own my own business, love what I do, and would do it as play were I not to be able to make money on it. I am one of the lucky ones, but there are certainly a huge share of risks associated with this life style...no safety net of retirement fund is at my disposal...perhaps that is why each day is exciting...how do I make this work, what will I do to correct that, etc.
2007-07-04 11:26:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
No, I actually want to work, but I live in a depressed area, so I don't know if I could retire at 60 or above.
2007-07-04 13:25:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I started work after school and on Saturdays when I was 14, and worked till I was 56, I have recently had to take early retirement due to needing knee replacement ops, much to my disgust. But now I'm wondering how on earth I ever found time to go to work, I always seem so blooming busy.
2007-07-04 12:06:55 · answer #8 · answered by Roxy. 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Being retired I would say no, only because the body ain't able to preform at 60 like it can at 43
2007-07-04 15:33:51 · answer #9 · answered by jean 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No matter how hard you work in this day and age. The elderly have worked a lot harder than you,they didn't have electric tools, washing machines, toilet and baths in the house.
Their kids went to the swimming baths to get a wash,if they could get the money, and their mothers went to the steamie with the washing, and if they needed the extra money they would take someone. else's washing as well. You lot don't know when you are well off, half of you don't know what hard work is, now I will get down off my soapbox.
2007-07-04 14:48:54 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋