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Originally Posted by gynn
Groove should think carefully about the period between retirement and entering the care home. It could be 20-30 years.
The happiest time of your life can be after you finish work. You have the time and health to enjoy a life of leisure, so it is important to have a few bob put by.
Gynn can speak with experience as someone who DID save for a pension and retirement, and is now enjoying life to the full.
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I'll tell you what gynn groove might have a point really, my parents, like quite a lot of people in their generation were very thrifty and saved for their old age, but when they came to retire, they were unable to claim anything whereas those who had led the life of riley out on the beer every night and not saving a penny for that rainy day could claim the earth