A Milestone Reached

[johntheplinker]

Filed for social security yesterday. Get my first check the first of September.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Congrats! I'm planning on going to 67 (~2 1/2 years).

 

[johntheplinker]

Congrats! I'm planning on going to 67 (~2 1/2 years).

I'm doing it at 62. Made some very smart decisions many moons ago that make this possible. Still plan on working part time just to keep me busy and for the insurance.

 

[Indyhd]

Congrats !!
I filed for mine last week as well.

 

[El Conquistador]

Filed for social security yesterday. Get my first check the first of September.

Is that a normal time frame Sign up now and get first check 4 months later? Also, congratulations on your retirement

 

[k12lts]

My first check is supposed to be deposited the 4th Wednesday of this month. Last day of work is the 30th.

 

[snorko]

Congratulations! I plan to wait until 65 or 67 mainly for insurance. I buy my own and it makes a lot of sense to wait till medicare availability. Thankfully my job is scalable and I can slow down significantly from 62-67, effectively working part time. I plan on working a little after that as projects come up.

 

[jwamplerusa]

Congratulations! I am the insurance for the family, so I have at least 5.5 years until SWMBO'd can go on Medicare.

Hope I make it that far...

 

[Shadow01]

Just don’t forget those of us still supporting you…

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Pretty confident I (37) will never cash a social security check…

 

[bgcatty]

Congratulations and enjoy retirement!

 

[COOPADUP]

Pulled the trigger myself in 2021. It was difficult to get my head around not being on the hamster wheel but feels great now.
I will admit that the insurance for healthcare is sketchy stuff, but stay healthy and you’ll do fine. Congratulations!

 

[yeahbaby]

Filed for social security yesterday. Get my first check the first of September.

Congrats, it will be 3 years retirement this coming June. Our situation is a bit different. After mulling it over for a while I went at 65. My wife is younger and still working, so I'm on her health insurance. The great thing is she loves her job and has a great boss too. I imagine she will retire within the next year and a half. A big factor for me to retire was watching my younger brother battle throat cancer for 2 years. And his wife was bed ridden from a stroke. I was helping out taking him to doctor visits and such. So I saw the hell he went through first hand. I thought s**t that could be me or any one of us. Time to retire and enjoy it. I have plenty of hobbies to keep me busy. And we just added our 5th grandchild. Good luck, enjoy your time!

 

[johntheplinker]

Is that a normal time frame Sign up now and get first check 4 months later? Also, congratulations on your retirement

IIRC you can file up to 4 months before you are eligible. First check in my case comes the start of the month after my 62nd b-day. I would guess if I filed after I was eligible it would start the month after I filed.

 

[johntheplinker]

Pulled the trigger myself in 2021. It was difficult to get my head around not being on the hamster wheel but feels great now.
I will admit that the insurance for healthcare is sketchy stuff, but stay healthy and you’ll do fine. Congratulations!

Yeah, I can see that. Started working when I was 14, longest I've been off or out of work since was about a month, right after I got out of the army. Could have started working sooner then but I needed the time to "de-militarize" myself.
Will continue to work at least part time, just for insurance.

 

[johntheplinker]

Just don’t forget those of us still supporting you…

I won't! And thanks in advance!

 

[johntheplinker]

Congrats, it will be 3 years retirement this coming June. Our situation is a bit different. After mulling it over for a while I went at 65. My wife is younger and still working, so I'm on her health insurance. The great thing is she loves her job and has a great boss too. I imagine she will retire within the next year and a half. A big factor for me to retire was watching my younger brother battle throat cancer for 2 years. And his wife was bed ridden from a stroke. I was helping out taking him to doctor visits and such. So I saw the hell he went through first hand. I thought s**t that could be me or any one of us. Time to retire and enjoy it. I have plenty of hobbies to keep me busy. And we just added our 5th grandchild. Good luck, enjoy your time!

Thanks! We both have health issues, mine are minor compared to The Boss's. This will really help me to help her out more than I can now.

 

[tomcat13]

Congrats & Welcome to the Club of "Old Folks getting THEIR money Back"
I started drawing at 65 & intend to get All Mine back.
Calculations indicate I'll only need to Live to be 145 to do so!

 

[duanewade]

Congratulations on the retirement! I'm 820 days away from retirement and I will be 70 then. I am also holding off due to health insurance reasons and waiting until the wife hits 66 yrs 10 months for her retirement (she's 3 years younger than me).

 

[El Conquistador]

IIRC you can file up to 4 months before you are eligible. First check in my case comes the start of the month after my 62nd b-day. I would guess if I filed after I was eligible it would start the month after I filed.

Thanks, I turned 62 last week but I am going to wait until next May to sign up