[quote=svelte][quote=scaredyclassic]However, anec dotally, i know a few tightly wound guys who died soon after retiring. Like tension was holding them together.[/quote]

Or they worked until they couldn’t work anymore so they quit their job in their final days.

There are a couple of guys at work, my age, who are doing that right now. They got hit with a bad health condition all of the sudden and tried to keep working to beat the problem, but eventually gave up because it was affecting their work noticeably. Their few retirement days will now be spent in rapid decline. So sad.[/quote]

I have seen quite a few folks like that at work. Some didn’t quite make it to the finish line. Some did and kicked the bucket soon after. It’s sad to see, for whatever reasons, people linger around way past what I think is necessary. I don’t know, may be they stick around b/c of the $$$ or they are just dedicated to the job. I plan to walk away even before I am old enough to collect SS. If I could do that I think I kind of ‘beat’ the system.