Retirement payments & Soc Security

[brownmonster]

Wow talk about not planning for retirement.


Let's this be a lesson kids. This is not how you prepare for retirement.

Back when I threw a paper on a porch and fell asleep while watching some agitating kids while babysitting I had a retirement plan. Or soon thereafter.

 

[olroadbeech]

we thought we had all the bases covered. spent months asking questions before retiring.

and still there were things we wished we had known beforehand.

 

[oldngray]

we thought we had all the bases covered. spent months asking questions before retiring.

and still there were things we wished we had known beforehand.

You base it on the numbers you are told. If those change then your careful planning is wasted.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

You base it on the numbers you are told. If those change then your careful planning is wasted.

Much like doing an estimate for a major home repair, you always add at least 10% to your numbers, just in case.