Message 589 of 1625

Speaking of retirement

I remember when I hired in, I was just 26 years old. I had two kids 2 and 6 years old.
The third year I worked there a co worker came around shaking everyone's hand and telling us he was retiring that day.
I looked at my other co worker who had about the same time I did and said, I'll never see thirty years here.
It's now been 31 years since the day I hired in.

My daughter is 37, soon to be 38. She has 4 kids and a grandson, my son is 33 never married just a steady girlfriend..no kids.

As I walked down the isles at work I started to notice all of these old people I knew as a young woman, guess you know where that puts me.
But really, I was seeing people who were so young just yesterday that limped, walked a lot slower, and had so many wrinkles and grey hair.
But the fun part of that was I could still see the youngesters they used to be.

Time flies when your having fun doesn't it?
jeanie52's profile
Jeanie when is your last day of work??
rbudes's profile

8 months ago
September 1st Can't wait.
jeanie52's profile

8 months ago
jeanie --- take pictures and put names with the people along with the date of the picture. I see people that I worked with now and cannot remember their names and old pictures of the "workforce" are filled with young people that I can no longer name. This gets worse as time goes by!
On the other hand, you will miss the people you worked with, but not the work.
Congratulations on making it. Now you owe the ones that didn't make it, to live for a very long time and enjoy life.
At least that is the way I see it.
Darrel65's profile

8 months ago
At the risk of sounding like a snob, I won't miss the work or the people.
They are just people I work with, I live to far away to ever see them again anyway.
I just want out, and I won't look back. I didn't have any bad things happen to me, I just never understood how some people kept coming back in to visit after they retired.

I've put my time in, and for me it like getting out of prison. I hope I never even see the street that places sits on again!!
jeanie52's profile

8 months ago
Even if you didn't feel that way about the people that you work with. I've seen that happen where I work, some people that were really invested in the organization and retired....they said they'd be back, had plans to volunteer on some projects....never saw them again. I keep in touch with one guy....said he didn't miss it at all, found other things to volunteer in that kept him too busy for us. So I don't think it's snobish or unusual to not feel like you want to see anyone again.

I've very happy for you that this time has come for you. I'm hoping...no PRAYING that day will come to me at some point that I'm young enough and healthy enough to enjoy myself.
suzieb's profile

8 months ago
Yes, I am hoping and praying the same thing for you too Suzieb. To tell you the truth I can't afford to do this either, it's just our plant was sold and when our contract is up they will cut wages so low that I will make more money staying home.
Later I may have to find partime work, my daughter isn't going to be paying me to babysit, she can't afford it.

Like I said I never understood why people get so wrapped up in co workers and going back for visits.
My life is here at home, not up in Indianapolis. I moved away from there years and years ago.
jeanie52's profile

8 months ago
I just added it up, other than takeing off a few months when I had my kids and a year when I went to school, I've been working for 42 year. You'd think that would be enough wouldn't you! My problem is I've never working in any one place real long, this is my longest stent at 17 years. AND when I was married, my husband refused to save for retirement....as a matter of fact he spent my retirement twice..so I basically had to start over when I got a divorce. My plan right now is to try to hang in there till I can draw SS, work one more year and pay off my house so maybe at 67 (that's 7 more years) I can maybe start thinking about it....and probably still work part-time somewhere.
suzieb's profile

8 months ago