What will you do in your old age?

[Scott DeWar]

Hopefully the wife and I will move somewhere warmer and sunnier than Northwest Europe; perhaps back to the Caribbean, or maybe Spain. Then build my dream kitchen and spend my time there.

I hear the Island of Bon Aire is a fine place! Scuba is a regular thing over there, as well as fishing for Lion fish

 

[sabrinathecat]

Retiring would require actually being employed.
(grumble)
That's what the wonderful world of managing rental properties is good for.

 

[Scott DeWar]

Retiring would require actually being employed.
(grumble)
That's what the wonderful world of managing rental properties is good for.

which would help in developing a retirement package of some sort.

 

[sabrinathecat]

So I retired at 18?

 

[Scott DeWar]

Sorry, let me clarify: employment gives money, which some get set aside for retirement.without employment, no saving for retirement.

 

[tuxgeo]

I'm already in my old age.

Yeah, I'll probably do more of the same sort of things I'm doing now: downloading data; reading books; posting on EN World; growing decorative plants; (minor) cooking and cleaning; traveling as little as I can get away with; paying down debts (Curse You, $5200-repair to sewer line; Curse You!); repairs to the house, such as reroofing the back porch in the autumn of 2014 (at age 68) Yay!

And buying stuff on eBay, because they have the selection that nobody else has. . . .

 

[Scott DeWar]

52, broke and not working yet.

 

[Legatus Legionis]

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[Jhaelen]

What will you do 20+ years in the future when you are retired and the children are moved out on their own? We're the first generation with video games and RPGs as part of our culture -- will you sit around playing games all day?

Yep, pretty much. IOW, I expect I'll be doing almost exactly the same things I'm doing now.
I don't actually believe retirement will mean I'll quit my job entirely, either. I'm a software engineer and even in today's time it's not unsual to continue working in that function after reaching retirement age. Experienced specialists are hard to come by, so companies hire them, regardless of age, on a contract or project basis.

And playing RPGs, board or card games, visiting online discussion boards, watching movies, reading books, listening to music - all of that will be perfectly possible at any age.

 

[sabrinathecat]

Aside from a 6-month stint at a restaurant, I've been unemployed almost 10 years. Just about given up any hope of finding a job.