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Social Security

mare54 — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 19:36:55 GMT

I just signed up for Social Security. Am I really that old. I’m 64 this year. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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GusMo — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 19:43:49 GMT

I turn 65 in April. CANNOT believe it.

I am waiting for SS until 66 though. Need the money!

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Allegheny — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 19:53:11 GMT

I know, isn't it depressing! How did the time go so fast? Mentally I feel stuck in my 30s, but my arthritis is starting to tell me otherwise. The only thing I was overjoyed about when turning 65 was Medicare eligibility.

I keep warning my nephew and his wife about how time flies, but like me they will just have to experience it on their own.

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CelticCrafter — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:01:58 GMT

I had a hard time when I turned 60 - 3 years later and I still don't like seeing it, saying it, writing it or hearing it. I know it's just a number but that doesn't mean I have to like it except for the fact that I signed up for SS when I turned 59 + 3...

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chrystaltree — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:09:06 GMT

Time flies when you are having fun....

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Cats3000 — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:16:17 GMT

Be thankful that you're alive and able to sign up for SS. Several of my co-workers didn't live that long. I'm sure they'd have been happy to reach the "SS Collecting" age.

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vermint — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:18:10 GMT

My husband just turned 65 on Sunday. We got him all signed up for Medicare & supplements, but we're going to be working until I turn 65 in two years...just can't afford the medical insurance for me!

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Mmsfoxxie — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:20:56 GMT

Getting older is not easy but it's better than the alternative, lol.

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dex — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:21:28 GMT

@CelticCrafter they keep telling us that age is just a number but why is that number so mean.I like the 6 but when you stick on a 0 it doesn't roll off the tongue well at all.I also noticed that people start looking at you as frail too.Do you need help getting your bag to the car?Would you like to sit down and wait?You shouldn't be doing that etc.While I think it is kind to offer help I don't like the reminder that I look old enough to need it.

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Annabellethecat66 — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:25:51 GMT

I turn 72 years old this year! I never thought I'd be that old!

I think I actually get upset/angry when people say I don't look 71. I've thought about it and I think I know why.

Because sometimes I really, really feel like I'm 71! If I didn't ache (bad back and arthritis) maybe I'd be less offended! Ha!

I always say, "My brain says "go go go" and my body says "no no no"! Ha!

Other than bad back and fibromyalgia I'm in good health, so I'm happy about that. I need to loose some weight but it's not real bad.

You know when I feel REALLY old! When I realize my oldest daughter turns 45 middle daughter turns 43 and youngest daughter turns ..... Oh! My! 38 this year.

None of them look their age (just runs in family), but still to me the numbers are daunting! You know what I mean?

Oh! An my oldest granddaughter just got her driver's license! At least she can drive grandma (me) around! Ha! I hate to drive.

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buckie from virginia — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:28:10 GMT

I sighned up for mine in December.I waited until I turned 66.I Talked to a very nice lady.and she informed me that ssi runs a month behind.I should start receiving it in March..They sure don't mind taking it from you.But take their time giving back your own Money.

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qualitygal — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:31:10 GMT

@Annabellethecat66, I'm right behind you in almost all you said. I don't have the grands though. I must be your shadow. LOL Oh I'm 1 yr younger. LOL And I have a son, no daughters, and no fibro. Other than that, LOL

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vermint — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:29:50 GMT

@Annabellethecat66 My dad (86) doesn't like me to remind him how old I am (63 in a couple weeks), because it reminds him of how old HE is!

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drizzellla — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:36:55 GMT

I was thinking today. I retired July, 2017 and started collecting Social Security. And I started to physically fall apart July, 2017. My knee hurts all the time. I have changed my cancer medication 3 times and still, I have pain walking, standing, sitting. The only time I am not is pain is lying in bed with my leg elevated and straight.

I am so glad I retired. I now wish I did it sooner. I never expected to start to deteriorate so soon.

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I am still oxox — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 22:01:09 GMT

I was unemployed and signed up and started colleting at 62, it was a difficult decsion, but I am enjoying it

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2blonde — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:58:14 GMT

The end of this year I will turn 70, and I'm still working full-time, so no Medicare yet (I'm on employer's medical, which is better). When I do retire, I will be on the state's retirement medical (like an advantage plan). Since I've worked nearly my whole life in the state system, I don't qualify for Medicare Part A (hospital) anyway. I will have to pay for the Part B (outpatient), just like everyone else.

I still don't know what the heck happened to years 40-68.......last time I checked I was only 39!

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gidgetgh — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:58:37 GMT

I started collecting mine at 62. I got my first payment just two months ago, in late December. Then I, along with everyone else, got a raise in January. I love Social Security, LOL. A raise after only one payment.

I have two small pensions that I’ve been collecting for several years. So I was really pleased to add substantially to the household monthly income.

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LIndaMJ — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 21:04:14 GMT

Next month I will be 67 and can hardly believe it. It seems I get used to a new age and then I turn around and have to get used to yet another. My mother used to say “the older you get, the faster time goes by”. I told her that was impossible, yet I now say she was right!

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Carmie — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 21:12:52 GMT

My husband just signed up for Medicare, he did not sign up for SS yet. He is waiting until he is 66.

i don’t know when I will start collecting SS , maybe when I am 65, then I won’t receive a bill for Medicare Part B. I’ll be 64 in May.

i don’t feel old yet, therefore I’m not. That’s my story and I am sticking to it. My DH and I starting dating when I was 15 and he was 16. Where did the time go?

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libbyannE — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 21:23:25 GMT

I think there's something wrong with me. I just don't feel any different or any older than I did at, oh, age 40. It was a shock to sign up for Medicare, but it didn't bother me. I just don't feel "retired." We quit our careers at 55 and switched residences, moving full time to our beloved lake and keeping our city home as a pied-a-terre. Perfect! Mother is still living on her own at nearly 92, although she was just diagnosed with a heart condition. We lost .Dad at 95 last summer, and he was active and mowing his own lawn until less than year before he died, although dementia was creeping in. Because they were still "young" and active for so long, I still felt like a "kid" physically. May it be ever thus! I am as grateful as I should be.