The Age of No Retirement-I hate this name!

I , on the other hand don't want to retire. It's my only contact with the outside world apart from you, and without it I'll probably vegetate and develop senile dementia.

Grannyknot no need to apologise.

Sorry Phoenix I've just read your post and now my response seems really insensitive. Sorry.

trisher funny that you should say that. I find myself avoiding it too - haven't even read the article.

You've made me stop and think about why that is: firstly I think it is because I am newly retired and looking forward to this phase in my life with excitement and anticipation. Secondly it reminds me of my poor mother, who worked all her life, from when we were very young, and was still working at 69 when she was diagnosed with terminal cancer and told she had six months to live. She had been planning to retire at 70 and had been so looking forward to that. So she was "of the age of no retirement". And that makes me sad.

I would love to be able to retire.

I will be 56 next week, I won't get a state pension until I'm 66, so another 10 years of working. That is IF I could damn well get a job!

I have a huge mortgage, interest only, and no way of paying it off. My ex-husband did very nicely out of our divorce, as he was in(fraudulently) in receipt of benefits and i was stupid enough to be working for a living! I am struggling to find a job, even though I'm not exactly stupid, or fussy!

So, trisher, I'm so glad that you are enjoying your retirement, and have made lots of friends through volunteering, but please spare at least a thought for others who are not quite so fortunate!