They just don't understand.

After weighing the pros and cons I took mine when I turned 62 back in 2016. No regrets!
I'm 52 and if everything goes well I'll be retiring in a little over 7 years (60). I ran the numbers from the calculator on the SS site and I realize these are not exact to the dollar but at least a pretty good idea. When I ran the numbers collecting SS at 62, 65, 70 years of age the total amount collected at 80 years old was within 15,000 dollars of each other.
 
At this point if I get enough out of Social Security when i finally stop working a full time job to pay for some of my fuel during the season that would be cool but I'm not holding my breath.
 
I'm 52 and if everything goes well I'll be retiring in a little over 7 years (60). I ran the numbers from the calculator on the SS site and I realize these are not exact to the dollar but at least a pretty good idea. When I ran the numbers collecting SS at 62, 65, 70 years of age the total amount collected at 80 years old was within 15,000 dollars of each other.

It cost me a reduction of around $700 a month to take it at 62 instead of waiting to full retirement age (for the year I was born) of 65.
 
Read somewhere this week that Disney raised ticket prices to over $200.00 per person for a single day pass.
Crazy right??!! But the place will still be packed and that’s why price is irrelevant and they know this
 
200.00 per day gives you the privelage of then paying 3.00 for a drink of water and 6.00 for a soda. Wait till you get hungry.
 
Funny how this thread started out with one person not understanding or agreeing with someone else's priorities...
 
Crazy right??!! But the place will still be packed and that’s why price is irrelevant and they know this

I’m wondering when Disney prices will reach the tipping point.
The economy is booming these days but I think Disney will really get hammered at the first sign that it is slowing down.
Much more so than in previous economic downturns.
Our kids are turning 23 & 20 this year. We made pretty regular annual pilgrimages to Orlando when they were younger with visits to Disney, Universal and Sea World.
They were always relatively expensive trips, but it seems like they are really getting out of hand now.
While I miss those trips, I’m sort of happy my kids are past all that.
The downside is that now when we take them on vacation we’ll have to pay their bar tabs...............
 
JVM, man, you got it backwards. Now that the kids are of working age THEY are the ones who should be picking up the tab.

My wife and I were given a gift certificate (or so we thought) from our son and his wife to a very nice steak house in a town about 45 miles away. We didn't get anything in the mail so when my wife called the daughter-in-law and she told my wife "oh, just go down there. They know you're coming and will take care of it."

We went there for dinner on Valentine's Day, had the best prime rib dinner I've ever had. It was HUGE and it's definitely a meal for two. They cut it up and served it right at our table.

When it was time to get the check our waitress told us that everything was taken care of, all I had to do was sign the tab for dinner. I won't say how much the total was, but it was a bit south of two hundred.

Thanks Kids!
 
Lol! I keep teasing them about how they should send us on a vacation and buy my next new Corvette.
My son is still in school and my daughter graduated last May. I’m just happy she has a good job and she can pay her own rent and bills. She’s off the payroll!
 
Are there any other members under 40 on here? I’m curious if any of the younger members are anticipating seeing anything from SS in retirement? I’m fully anticipating zero benefits in retirement, and I’m saving extra in the belief that I’ll also be funding everyone else who can’t fund themselves. But I hope I’m wrong.
 

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