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Here we go! I am a boomer somewhere in the middle of the age span, so I've got a while yet before they run out of dough.

I'm about 6 months younger than that first Social Security filer. I have no intention of retiring at 62. My father did that because he hated his job. I have the great good fortune of having found, later in life, work that I love.

I think retirement will be only part of the Boomer story. For many of us, the story will be our decision not to retire.

One aspect of being an end-of-the-boomer generation boomer is that I have lots of choices thanks to the kids who came before me. I was a single mother (by choice), had a kid late (age 38 - also by choice) then got married at 44. Now, at 50, I'm launching or building on my career, starting a radio show, writing lots of books, and starting a column. All options not possible for my mother's generation and available thanks to the older boomers who cut their metaphorical teeth so mine could slide through.

Lucky me.

I am a young 53 year old baby boomer and I just began to live. My husband of 30 years and I age wise, do not look it, sometimes feel it, but we are both loving it. "Viva la dolce vida".

i am a single white 55 y.o. boomer woman, looking good and wearing the same size i wore in high school, am educated and traveled.
i am wondering, are their others out there who are finding it as difficult as i am in meeting other singles our age for dating? am i missing something, like men our age no longer want to date or marry? did the fairy tale pass me by when i wasn't looking?
everything else in my life is great, i am in a great space, and live parttime in another country as well as in usa...but everywhere i go, i am alone in a sea of aging couples and feel like a fish out of water!

single males, please respond and tell me what i need to do to meet you! where the heck are you?

My wife and I are 60 and she looking forward to drawing SS at 62. Myself, I think I will wait because I love my part time work at home jobs. But will keep at eye on any proposed changes to SS, which migh spook me in to going for it.

Peter, I agree with you. And I think, to keep healthy and clever, work is a advisable selection.

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