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[+] [S] 1 point 2 months ago (12 children)
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    Its more a concern now as it really looks like employment at a level to meet the monthly nut is not going to happen. I have been getting some work which every bit staves off pulling from savings. I actually just looked into it and there appears to be a way to draw from ira's without the penalty if you commit to keep on doing it. Im going to look more into that as im not sure if it will be enough. Like everything its got crazy requirements and could interfere with other things. so no where near as bad as you just worried about it since im supporting my wife and really don't want to go homeless.

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  • [+] [S] 1 point 2 months ago (10 children)
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    yeah I definatley keep ideas in the back of my head for long term while I do short term things. all the while hoping something comes up and it all becomes unnecessary.

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  • [+] [S] 1 point 2 months ago (8 children)
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    I have one of those fireproof safes with important docs. need to do a review of it but hitting a lot of paperwork things for the next month or so. I should be able to go pretty far on savings if I go into the ira as im over 50. Ill be honest I have almost a phobia about trying to figure out for exactly how long. if I have to I will take the 10% penalty on the ira but im hoping not to since that is 10% less time it will last. what kinda sucks is I could get a phone call which would reverse everything (well not exactly reverse as I will be vulnerable to the same thing with less savings to deal with it. Honestly even if I get something decent im not sure I can save much in the next decade to get to where I was.)

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  • [+] [S] 1 point 2 months ago (6 children)
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    yeah basically until all my retirement savings is down to the few thousand you can have max with ssi we can't get it for my wife who should more than qualify. heck I should with the depression.

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  • [+] [S] 1 point 2 months ago (4 children)
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    yeah I noticed that. that is going to be the tricky part if it gets that far. can't go for it till you have something that won't even last a month.

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  • [+] [S] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)
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    yeah medical documentation sux to because its all over the place and we don't have a central thing as a society. So she has all sorts of scans showing her back things but nothing recent and she has ones for her brain tumor stuff. and then stuff for her hip and such. honestly I can't even keep track of her stuff and I think she likely does not. its comical all the stuff. I mean dark comical. Its sad because if we were smart we would get divorced and not give her anything and then go and do it but its hard to be a dispaionate vulcan in that way but that is how society wants us to act apparently.

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