I just got the nod from our financial advisor, and....

missing linc said

Unfortunately Jim, I have a feeling we will both be in the same boat. I checked my investments this week and it looks like a few more years of slavery for me, unless something changes in the short term.
Been nearly 48 years since I first started working, and I'm ******* tired!
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I just don't get it. How this could happen, and happen so damn fast? We're not rich by any means, but our portfolio is to the 7-digits point that we could both comfortably retire, if it wasn't for health insurance (we just don't want to pay for it out-of-pocket). Fortunately my wife loves her job, and she plans on working until she's at least 65 (7 years from now), so we figured that me retiring now, at 60, was a "slam dunk", as I could go on her health insurance for 5 years until I can collect Medicare.

But now? Hell! The way things are getting fucked-up, will Medicare even be around in 5 years?

So now, instead of retiring, all I can do is take a "wait and see" attitude, and hope we don't lose another $55k (or more) in the coming weeks.