Afraid? No, I'm already there to a lot of you and it beats the hell out of the alternative. Do I want to? Hell no! I want to have a lot of fun with my beautiful girlfriend and get to see my kids make a difference in this world. I plan on being around for a long time to come and enjoy every minute of it.
The actual number doesn't bother me in the least. What "is" a bit unsettling is what will start to bother me as I get older. What's gonna break down or start hurting? That sort of thing.
With Obamacare, and the way society has changed to viewing elderly as useless and better out of sight and out of mind, I am glad that I have a couple of decades before I face becoming a senior citizen. I am not looking forward to becoming dependent in any way on other people, nor do I have any faith that the government will give back what I have paid into the system
My older grandchildren are all in their 20s now. They treat me like I'm one of them. They tell me I'm a cool grandmother. They were all born when I was in my late 30s/early 40s.
I get to be the "cool" aunt. :) With the exception of the youngest niece who just turned 18, the others are all grown up now and the eldest has a child of her own. Fortunately, I still have some relevance in their lives.
Certainly not getting old is much worse than getting old...Of course I agree but getting old is not fun by any strech of the imagination. The only thing I enjoy about it is being smarter.
I'm still working full time. I can't seem to wean myself off having a paycheck and benefits. :) I doubt SS will go away for those of us eligible to collect it now - it's the younger set that I'm worried about.
Those idiots should never have put SS into the general fund and robbed it. I don't think I could work a full 40 hours unless it was to keep me from starving or living on the street. Living on the street has looked good to me a few times, no responsibilities. LOL
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