Don't feel guilty, just take the money and retire Kremmen. I did the same and retired early; best thing I ever did. The older you get the greater the risk that your health will begin to deteriorate; leave it too long and you may not have much retirement to enjoy. If you don't need the money, then don't even bother with part-time work, you will only be paying more Income Tax on your pension and savings anyway.

Very true.

Not having retired yet I'm just a bit concerned about getting bored after a while (only a bit though).

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I don't know how I found time to go to work. always plenty to do, the difference is, she has more time to do it, and nothing is that urgent, it cant wait until tomorrow, when the wife is less tired,

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That was the trigger Jim - 'she' is no longer with us since Oct 15th (RIP). Having had quite a bit of time off to sort things out I now wonder why I need to still keep chasing round the M25 5 days a week.

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Very sorry to hear that Kremmen. My sincere condolences.

Indeedy add me to to this list.....Sorry to hear of your loss.

In terms of retirement it puts a whole now aspect upon it. If the numbers add up you would be a fool not too!!

Thanks

It certainly was an eye opener. Even though it was sort of expected it still came as a shock when it happened. As some may recall she had a serious spinal problem (already had 3 x 7 hours ops to fix it after it collapsed down one side) and an on-going heart problem (VT and AF). To add to the list she had contracted an infection about a year ago that refused to budge no matter what they gave her. She lost 2 stone in 2 months and our GP did very little, 7½ stone before the Op. Initial PM revealed absolutely nothing wrong with any organs so it's off to inquest after toxicology and pathology. So far no results from either of them.

So, 4th spinal OP where the cage and rods were coming out as the spine had finally fused and just as he gave the order to close the wound she just gave up. They tried for an hour with the crash pads and other stuff but absolutely no response.

Out of pain at last

Anyone into pain medication she was on:

Morphine
Tramadol
Pregabalin
Co-Codemol

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Very sorry to hear your news Kremmen. I too would like offer my condolences.

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My sincere condolences also Kremmen. losing a life partner must hurt to the root's. I have had mine over 60 years now and is my right arm. They say Time is the great healer, Take care.

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