http://babyboomersus.net/ Baby Boomers U.S. Forum Tag: Baby Boomers - Recent Topics en Sun, 20 May 2012 05:44:21 +0000 http://babyboomersus.net/topic/old-and-broke-this-aint-no-joke#post-57 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:29:38 +0000 JaneyB 57@http://babyboomersus.net/ <p>Quiz: What if you reach retirement age with only a paycheck or two in the bank?</p> <p>Answer 1: Dumbass. Why didn’t you invest?</p> <p>Answer 2: Dumbass. Why didn’t you plan for retirement?</p> <p>Answer 3: Dumbass. You expect the world to hand you life on platter?</p> <p>Okay, I’m a dumbass. But the cruel reality is, I don’t have extended family to move in with. My kids are near starving and they live 2500 miles away. My only other relative is a sister, and she’s broke too. She had the audacity to spend her life as a wife and mother and then a schoolteacher. What a dumbass.</p> <p>Me, I must take the Dumbass World Cup. I went to college and wanted to do pre-med, but I was discouraged from this because it was so hard for girls to get into medical school in those days. So I studied art (are you kidding?) because in those days everyone thought some guy would marry and provide for you. Alas, no such savior turned up. At twenty nine I went to graduate school in social work, did well and got a job in social work. (What a dumbass! Didn’t anyone tell you what salaries social workers earned?)</p> <p>Well I spent most of my life doing the work of the angels (or being a sucker, as some would have it) and I just got to a salary level where I could put money aside for retirement a few years ago. I plan to work ‘til I’m seventy so I should have about 100K to provide for my old age. Let’s hope my old age is brief; 100K isn’t much nowadays.</p> <p>Well, I’m polishing up my tin cup. When the 100K runs out, I plan to beg at rich peoples’ houses. Especially those radical Christians. They make such a big deal of their Christian values, of course they’ll help me out. Right? </p> http://babyboomersus.net/topic/hi-from-texas#post-212 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:05:35 +0000 rdcjam4 212@http://babyboomersus.net/ <p>Hello everyone! I am excited to be a part of this forum.<br /> Talking to baby boomers is one of my favorite things.</p> <p>Visit my new website <a href="http://thebabyboomergeneration.org/" rel="nofollow">http://thebabyboomergeneration.org/</a></p> <p>See ya later.</p> <p>Russell </p> http://babyboomersus.net/topic/feb-9-1964-a-date-when-many-of-us-were-born#post-114 Sun, 15 May 2011 10:48:34 +0000 roarof64 114@http://babyboomersus.net/ <p>Hi my baby Boomer Friends, I want to invite you to take a journey to the center of the 60's and catch the roar of 64 at <a href="http://www.roarof64.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.roarof64.com</a> We all experienced this same story in our unique way and so we can all relate with fondness. Tell me what you think. I hope to hear from you! </p> http://babyboomersus.net/topic/not-30-anymore-who-noticed#post-38 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:13:12 +0000 Eva Pasco 38@http://babyboomersus.net/ <p>I've never bought into the hype of aging or becoming my dad's Oldsmobile sedan now that I'm past the milestone of thirty. I honestly don't feel compromised physically as I've always been an avid exercise enthusiast so my lifestyle hasn't changed any. What I have noticed is that I've reinvented myself to keep up with my intellectual growth and evolving interests. </p> <p>We Baby Boomers are in our prime! </p>