retirement

64-year-old baby boomer loses job after refusing to learn new software that his company gave him 3 months to learn: 'He’s telling people he’s retiring early.'

Emmy Pratt

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Retired dad wants his 40-year-old son to move out with his family after living rent-free for 17 years, but his wife keeps overruling him asks for advice: 'I need fresh eyes'

Etai Eshet

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2 dumped Pyr puppies rescued and given loving homes by Texan retiree who has heart set on finding the dumper and avenging the pups’ sister who didn’t make it, says: ‘I have a bead on who dumped them. I will be having a talk with them.’

Laurent Shinar

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‘I haven't been on a date for 6 years’: Retired, divorced dad asks his unemployed 25-year-old son to stay elsewhere for one night so he can have a date at home, and the son gets angry about it

Etai Eshet

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Grandparent refuses to babysit grandchildren during summer break without getting paid, parents claim: ‘You need to step up as a grandparent’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Tech guy gets fired at 58 after 35 years in tech, and instead of panicking, sees it as a chance to retire early, do DIY, and work part-time at a hardware store: ‘It's actually a relief, I was getting SO sick of the corporate stuff’

Etai Eshet

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Boss fires employee and goes on a 3-week cruise, leaving retirement community with no one to cover weekends: ‘We’re 3 people in my department - my boss, Brian, and me. My boss just fired Brian and left’

Etai Eshet

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32-year-old couple making $500K per year claims they're living paycheck to paycheck, despite maxing out their retirement accounts: 'It feels like we’re barely getting by each month.'

Emmy Pratt

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‘Spending our prime years like monks feels like a waste of life’: Why retiring at 35 isn’t as freeing as the F.I.R.E. movement promises

Emmy Pratt

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Stepmom praises her husband for paying for his daughter's college tuition at her graduation party, despite her mom paying most of her tuition: 'Mom worked extra shifts for three years to do it, was sitting at the same table.'

Emmy Pratt

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55-year-old husband demands 46-year-old wife get a job if she wants to continue to "subsidize" their now-adult children: 'They live at home rent free'

Brad Dickson

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60-year-old Pennsylvania woman tries to remove her son as co-signer on her mortgage after his lies and poor decisions could cost her the house

Etai Eshet

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47-year-old husband thinks he won't be able to afford to retire on $5 million in 7-10 years: 'If we can’t live on $200k a year, then we have a spending problem.'

Emmy Pratt

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60-year-old woman discovers her husband lost all their retirement savings and starts planning to move to her mother’s house in a different state: ‘We are at retirement age, and the floor has completely fallen out from under us’

Etai Eshet

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15-year-employee saves his own job from company that tries to fire him just before pension payout

Remy Millisky

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Retired coworker Jeff spots a colleague on medical leave eating dinner and decides to play unpaid HR and tells their managers

Etai Eshet

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