Kitces: Why most retirement accounts never run dry

[FREE866]

Originally Posted by jrkliny

I understand your concerns exactly. I watched as my MIL declined and finally died at age 99. She had not even been able to recognize her children for the past several years. She and the world would have been better off if she died in her sleep many years earlier.


I would not worry about the hip and knee replacements. It seems that half the 60 plus people I know have had one or the other or both and did just fine.

Reading this convinces me more to wait till 70 to collect social security for sure....also, as morbid as it sounds humans should be able to choose death at a certain point...whats the point of just existing in our final years??
we humanely put our pets out of their misery..why not humans?

[reneeh63]

Originally Posted by FREE866

Reading this convinces me more to wait till 70 to collect social security for sure....also, as morbid as it sounds humans should be able to choose death at a certain point...whats the point of just existing in our final years??
we humanely put our pets out of their misery..why not humans?

We're just supposed to grin and bear it...G0d's will...zen suffering....living for others, and all that.

[Girl]

Originally Posted by Avalon08

I was the one who said it, and seriously I HOPE I do not live to 100!!! I am not feeling all that great at 66, with many aches and pains and back and leg problems. I am worried about getting to the point of needing knee and hip replacements, which seems inevitable but I would like to avoid them if possible as my passion is dancing. My Mom lived to 89 and by 86 she had started falling (for no reason) and that was her downfall. Once I start going downhill like that, I want Dr. Kevorkian to step in.

My mother had a hip replacement a few years ago and is moving around better than ever - she may not have been able to dance before the surgery, but she certainly could now if she wanted to! She said that surgery gave her a new lease on life...

[thaifood]

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