.

Tag Archives: retirement

divorce after 38 year marriage

I live in a state that has no fault divorce laws..Division of assets/debts/pension would be  50/50..I am the one that wants the divorce..I am living behind a huge wall of fear though..I am recently retired and  am living on a modest pensread more »

Boyfriend that won’t work

I got a sizeable settlement in my divorce. I am certainly not wealthy, but I am comfortable. i plan to continue working for another 10 years or so to build my retirement. I am dating a man who acts like he is retired, although he is younger tharead more »

How do I survive this mess??

My situation (bear with me): I’m in the midst of a very ugly divorce from my 64 year old husband of almost 30 years. He’s an alcoholic psychologist who doesn’t believe in counseling – for either marriage or substance abuse?!? read more »

starting a new business

I have been trying to think of a business to start for a while now. I am 56 in a dying industry. Not sure how long I will be able to hold on to my current job. Thinking ahead.   I have worked as a self employed contractor for yeread more »

So Many things ~

Grown children. Retirement. Lack of a Love Life. When will these darn hot flashes – STOP ? 1 likeread more »

starting over after divorce

After 35 years of marriage I will be a cliche, my husband is moving in with his girlfriend, who has money and can help hom have a cushy retirement, after going through our savings all we have is a house we bought 2 years ago, which has little equity,read more »

Military Reserve Retirement pay

I have been awarded 50% of my ex-husbands retirement which he won't receive for a few months.read more »

at this age, at what point do you call it quits when you know the guy you are dating is not your ltr partner? Hot Conversation

been single 4 years and had a couple relationships and lots of one time coffee dates from on-line dating sites. I am seeing a really nice man now for 2 months I met on ok cupid. He is very sweet and we have a very soulful connection but he has no read more »

Husband might lose his job

My husband suspects that a layoff may be coming for his company and that he is one of the people targeted. If this happens, our family income will be cut 60% and we have a summer wedding in the works. While we now own our residence and haveread more »

Do we live to work, or work to live?

While taking a walk, I stopped to chat with a neighbor whose brother in law had recently passed away. She told me he had just retired and went on to say she told her husband not to even think of retiring because it’s a death sentence. I was read more »