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In reply to the discussion: I retired a little over two years ago and I can honestly tell you this. [View all]A HERETIC I AM
(24,500 posts)But there is bugger all that will allow me to have any kind of retirement.
My next oldest brother lives with me. For whatever reason the cosmos has declared, and as I am the youngest of 4, it has fallen on me to make sure my loser, useless, stoner, neer do well (how do well? Neer, thats how) perennially under-achieving older brother has a roof over his head.
So
.I work 60 plus hours a week so he can sit on his ass on a couch I paid for and play video games on a TV I paid for under a roof I pay the mortgage for. Sure, he gets Social Security and pays me an agreed upon monthly, but it isnt even close to half of the expenses AND I am on the road all the time!
What a deal, eh?
So
I know the only person that can allow me to be taken advantage of is me, but the alternative is that he would be living under a bridge if I didnt do what Im doing.
So I do the Christian thing and look after my brother. And Im an Atheist.
Retirement is a pipe dream.