2 thoughts on “It’s A Kind Of Retirement…

  1. Retirement is a word that has as many subjective meanings as there are retirees. I heard people who referred to themselves as “retired law enforcement” after working for 10-12 years, then leaving for another line of work while in their middle ages. “Retired military” is sometimes used by those who were in for relatively short terms, too.

    Conversely, I am familiar with one who after 30+ years left his field of endeavor in his mid-50’s due to non work-related back problems, who is uncomfortable being “retired.” Instead he uses the term “unemployed.” To him, the idea of retiring before the mid-60s is obscene, voluntarily or not.

    It’s an odd word now days when there are many optional way to do it …

    I think being retired carries, for some, a more honorable connotation that “I quit”, “I used to work there”, or “I couldn’t take it any more …” (or they couldn’t take me …).

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