Comments on: Retire Early Lifestyle

By: Akaisha

Akaisha — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:27:06 +0000

Euro Expat, we know what you mean about how difficult it can be to save money for retirement when one’s spouse is not on the same financial page as you are. We consider having financially like-minded spouses to be the #1 priority when planning retirement. It is very difficult when one person saves the other spends. We talk about that in our book, The Adventurer’s Guide to Early Retirement.
Sometimes these choices can be challenging.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:09:49 +0000

Hi
It’s Amy from May 2009
Well I’m down to 1 year and 11 months today.
Kids have left the house and we have an empty nest.
I don’t have that much in retirement coming but I’ll make it work.
Part-time job or something to get a little cash coming in. Maybe
work on Treasure Island cashiering or something like that for a few hours a few days a week
Have to be at the beach that’s for sure.
Good luck to all the adventurous people who want to retire asap.
My best advice is to keep to a budget and things will work out.
Keep the faith.

By: Euro Expat

Euro Expat — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:44:24 +0000

I know this is an old post but I wanted to comment anyway. Actually, Allan has a point. I was married for 20 years and was continually poor. I filed for divorce in order to gain control of my life. We had two wonderful kids, who are now grown, but marriage can drain a person financially, emotionally, and otherwise. My husband was a good man, but selfish. I just got tired of pinching pennies so that he could have his hobbies and felt like I was “doing it all”. Ok, you might think divorcing was selfish of me, and yes it was, but he moved on fast, and we were still friends, so it was not all that bad, really. After the divorce, in which he got to take whatever he wanted from the house, I bought him out of the house even though I was unemployed. The bank knew me since I was the one in charge of the finances so they let me take over. I started working very hard and investing. I could have done better if I had been more frugal, but I still managed to go from being a housewife with no income to owning my own small business. I have put together a modest nestegg in a retirement plan, bought my own car, and am now remodeling the house. I started traveling in Europe and Southeast Asia and am able to live out my dreams. I think marriage is great if it is the right person. If not, it can be very lonely. I am not looking for someone now and that is fine with me. Next week I will be 60 and am happy as a lark.