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This is an excellent idea, but I'd prefer a neutral word. Over 55 (or 60) would be ideal. There are many older people who work who feel that a forum for the retired is not really friendly towards them. That's certainly been the case here where work and job seem frequently to be used in a derogatory sense.
Older people have different medical problems from the young, different investment needs, even different security and self defense needs. It doesn't matter whether they're employed. A current thread on elderly drivers is a perfect example of this. Retirement should be a subforum of Over 55, however, not the other way around.
^^^ I agree with this. And I like "Over 60" rather than "Seniors" (never liked that word, and I really dislike the term "senior citizens" )
Admin is the one that makes those decisions and if you want to get their attention then you will need to post/move this to About the Forum.
I agree, I would prefer it say 'Senior' Forum but I think Admin has let 'us' chose the topics we care to discuss here. There is no way to make it a 60+ (as an example) only forum. You can ask but it might not happen
I would love to see two separate forums. That way, I wouldn't have to constantly scroll past threads in the Retirement Forum such as what cute things someone's grandchild said that morning, or dealing with dysfunctional family members, or any number of other threads that have absolutely nothing to do with the topic of retirement. But of course, having two threads begs the question: Does that mean we'd now have identical threads in two separate forums on subjects that have nothing to do with either topic just because someone put "senior" or "retiree" in the title?
I can see it now:
Seniors: What do you know about Smart Meters?
Retirees: What do you know about Smart Meters?
Admin is the one that makes those decisions and if you want to get their attention then you will need to post/move this to About the Forum.
I agree, I would prefer it say 'Senior' Forum but I think Admin has let 'us' chose the topics we care to discuss here. There is no way to make it a 60+ (as an example) only forum. You can ask but it might not happen
Thanks for your comments. I was already aware that this was the wrong place to post my OP if I wanted a change to be made. But since I am in favor of keeping the status quo, I was more interested in seeing what other regulars in this forum think. Some of us regulars in the Retirement Forum may not frequent "About the Forum".
I would love to see two separate forums. That way, I wouldn't have to constantly scroll past threads in the Retirement Forum such as what cute things someone's grandchild said that morning, or dealing with dysfunctional family members, or any number of other threads that have absolutely nothing to do with the topic of retirement. But of course, having two threads begs the question: Does that mean we'd now have identical threads in two separate forums on subjects that have nothing to do with either topic just because someone put "senior" or "retiree" in the title?
I can see it now:
Seniors: What do you know about Smart Meters?
Retirees: What do you know about Smart Meters?
Boy do I ever regret starting that thread, I will never hear the end of it.
I do agree with you that the Retirement thread does go off the beam. I feel for the moderators who have to keep us aging folks in line.
Thanks for your comments. I was already aware that this was the wrong place to post my OP if I wanted a change to be made. But since I am in favor of keeping the status quo, I was more interested in seeing what other regulars in this forum think. Some of us regulars in the Retirement Forum may not frequent "About the Forum".
Where do you find About the Forum? (another poster referred me to it but I don't see it).
Happy in Wyoming and NewEnglandGirl have raised the excellent point that the name "Retirement Forum" excludes older people who have not yet retired. To me, the solution is not to add another forum, but to modify the name of the existing one: Retirement and Senior Issues Forum. That's what is really is anyway! And the modified name would just be more accurate and more inclusive. Now I wish I had included that as a third option in the poll (retaining one forum but re-naming it), which just illustrates how other people's viewpoints often help clarify our own thinking.
Happy in Wyoming and NewEnglandGirl have raised the excellent point that the name "Retirement Forum" excludes older people who have not yet retired. To me, the solution is not to add another forum, but to modify the name of the existing one: Retirement and Senior Issues Forum. That's what is really is anyway! And the modified name would just be more accurate and more inclusive. Now I wish I had included that as a third option in the poll (retaining one forum but re-naming it), which just illustrates how other people's viewpoints often help clarify our own thinking.
Yes I vote for the modified name, on second thought. Or maybe: Senior Issues and Retirement - only so that those googling "senior" will find the thread more quickly.
Boy do I ever regret starting that thread, I will never hear the end of it.
I do agree with you that the Retirement thread does go off the beam. I feel for the moderators who have to keep us aging folks in line.
Didn't mean to pick on you specifically, it's just that that thread was the first one I saw. There have been plenty of threads where people put "senior" or "retiree" in the title for the sole purpose of trying to make the subject applicable to this forum.
I did find it sublimely ironic though when out of all the inappropriate threads on this forum, your retiring on a literal shoestring thread was the one that got moved to a different forum (at least until the decision was reversed.)
Apparently, the discussion of something actually retirement-related was deemed not appropiate for this forum.
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Older people not yet retired may feel excluded.
