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re: Retired folks - Making the adjustment to freedom

Posted on 5/9/26 at 4:29 pm to
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
74781 posts
Posted on 5/9/26 at 4:29 pm to
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Make your motto: Adventure before Dementia.
Regretting forgetting and sweating bed wetting.
This post was edited on 5/9/26 at 4:31 pm
Posted by AUIH1
Logan Martin Lake, Talladega, AL
Member since Oct 2012
302 posts
Posted on 5/10/26 at 8:26 am to
They (my girls and no pics ya filthy animals!) were all really pretty easy and chill growing up. This is all relative of course, but they all three love sports along with the girlie things.

And the granddaughters are just a whole different level of joy and fun. My granddaughters are 6, 3, 1 and 1.

I get your overall drift though!
Posted by ultratiger89
Houston, Tx
Member since Aug 2007
3937 posts
Posted on 5/10/26 at 8:35 am to
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I love these threads where the boomers post about retirement to dab on the millennials that will never be able to retire


Me too. frick their lazy asses.
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
68331 posts
Posted on 5/10/26 at 8:46 am to
I find that most retired people I know either want to spend time with family or volunteer their time doing productive things for society.

My opinion, I'd stay active and engaged as much as possible to extend your lifespan. A lot of people retire and get in a routine of laying around and their health deteriorates quickly.
Posted by UFFan
Planet earth, Milky Way Galaxy
Member since Aug 2016
2986 posts
Posted on 5/10/26 at 9:49 am to
The OP makes it seem like retirement is like getting out of prison after 20+ years. “Making the adjustment to freedom”
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
92151 posts
Posted on 5/10/26 at 9:55 am to
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The OP makes it seem like retirement is like getting out of prison after 20+ years. “Making


yep, don’t get that, I love my job, and I have all the “freedom” in the world
Posted by Everyday Is Saturday
Member since Dec 2025
1440 posts
Posted on 5/10/26 at 11:14 am to
From my real experience, financial freedom is on another level.

Weight lifted from shoulders
Complete control of one’s time
No more fractionalization life (involved in many work things all at once all the time)
Best sleep of life

I could go on.
Posted by Spankum
The Sip
Member since Jan 2007
62165 posts
Posted on 5/10/26 at 11:21 am to
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Weight lifted from shoulders
Complete control of one’s time
No more fractionalization life (involved in many work things all at once all the time)
Best sleep of life



Exactly…if I’d have known it would be this good. I would have retired several years back!
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
23259 posts
Posted on 5/10/26 at 11:32 am to
When my old man retired after 42 years of being a plant baw, he said it took him about six months to mentally adjust to the fact that he never had to go to work again. For example, his default was “I’ll have to cut grass this weekend.” Then he’d remember that he didn’t have to wait until the weekend, and could cut it whenever the hell he wanted.

Also it took a good while for his internal alarm clock from waking his arse up at 5:00am.
This post was edited on 5/10/26 at 11:54 am
Posted by TigerBR1111
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2014
8600 posts
Posted on 5/10/26 at 12:28 pm to
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The OP makes it seem like retirement is like getting out of prison after 20+ years. “Making the adjustment to freedom


That’s an interesting interpretation and frame of reference you have but you do you.
This post was edited on 5/10/26 at 1:38 pm
Posted by TygerLyfe
Member since May 2023
3915 posts
Posted on 5/10/26 at 1:30 pm to
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love my job, and I have all the “freedom” in the world


Given your vocation, you may be generalizing from a very small data set
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
9815 posts
Posted on 5/10/26 at 1:32 pm to
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I love these threads where the boomers post about retirement to dab on the millennials that will never be able to retire


Yeah. That’s exactly why he made this thread.
Posted by LSU Neil
Springfield
Member since Feb 2007
3543 posts
Posted on 5/10/26 at 1:35 pm to
I love reading how insecure and resentful you are in every thread.
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired - 31 years
Member since Feb 2019
6365 posts
Posted on 5/10/26 at 1:44 pm to
I highly recommend getting involved with a key club.
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