Advice For Retirees

 

Recent retirees Bert and Saralee, proud recipients of last year's Block Bum Awards, hope to shed light with their answers to some frequently asked questions from those contemplating retirement:

 

 

Q. Do I have enough money to retire:

A. NO!

 

Q. How will I know when I have enough money?

A. When your neighbor's house lists for upwards of $750,000.

 

Q. How will I manage all of my free time?

A. It's worse than when you were working. Remember this saying: I'm retired. I don't have the time.

 

Q. Should spouses retire at the same time?

A. Only if you will see less of each other than when you were working. For example:

	Spouse 1	Spouse 2
workout	Life Sport	bike ride
food shopping	Whole Foods	Trader Joe's
lunch with former colleague	London's	Rembrandt's
culture	Art Museum	Franklin Institute
dinner together	home delivery from Pete's, Brigid's, Illuminare, etc.
evening	Sit outside raving about how wonderful retirement is until your neighbors are sick of hearing it.