My Grandparents, He lived to be 74 and she to age 82. They both lost all their teeth in their 40s. I know you are drowning in advice if you are an aging retiree. As we all know, people like us are in charge. We don't change our minds willingly. Once we are over 65 my friend said, our children want to be our parents. She didn't like that. It doesn't seem like that to me but in many cases, it is true. Children of any age can be age blind. Fear might be playing a part for them. They do not understand aging so they project their fears onto us. Age blindness has children giving advice on issues they know nothing about. It all looks so simple to them. In my friend's case, a daughter wants her to move back to the East Coast to be nearer to her. It would simplify the daughter's life. Her mother believes that leaving this snowbird life would be the last nail in her coffin...life would be over. The daughter doesn't understand her mother's fears. My mother asked me ...
Retirement out here where the rubber meeds the road!