👴👵 5 Steps to Help Navigate a Split Retirement (AARP Article)

[SummerOnTheWay1]

FROM THE ARTICLE:

5 Steps for Couples to Make a Staggered Retirement Work.

Spouses who don’t leave the workforce together often face financial and emotional challenges.

By Diane Harris, AARP. Published April 08, 2025.

It's a common dream of togetherness for older spouses: Nearly two-thirds of still-working couples expect to retire at the same time or within a year of each other, according to an April 2024 report from Ameriprise Financial.

But those expectations rarely meet reality. The Ameriprise survey found that only 11 percent of retired couples leave their careers simultaneously, and 62 percent retire more than a year apart.

USE LINK BELOW TO READ THE ARTICLE: https://www.aarp.org/money/retirement/married-couple-split-retirement/

[SummerOnTheWay1]

📎  Lol, and we have the housewives who are DREADING WHEN the other half retires!!!  🤣😂

Before I got old (age 67) I remember seeing CARTOONS about this happening & the wives wishing their husbands would GO BACK TO WORK.

I am NO longer a couple, but IF he had not died, I would have "suggested" a PART- TIME job to save our marriage.  👍

Any folks out there who would like to SHARE their RETIREMENT JOURNEY with us? Or stop by to READ what others have posted!

Take care,

Nicole  👵

[RN362636 · Accepted solution]

I think talking about retirement expectations BEFORE retirement is helpful. Many times each has different views of what they desire. It really is OK to do different things. If he loves golf and you don't, that gives you time to do something that you enjoy. Being together 24/7 can be too much sometimes. Do fun things together but also have separate interests too.