sunnyday Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 Well I don't know whether to laugh or cry........ Have had a letter today outlining the changes to the State pension age..... I miss out by just 13 days So six years of extra work for me! Quote
SueFinanceManager Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 I miss out by just 13 days So six years of extra work for me! Oh what a bummer...13 days.....unlucky you Quote
louby loo Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 NNNNNNNNNNNNNooooooooooooo!!!!! I thought it was graduated system........ My husband got his letter the other month- he has to do 4mths extra. Quote
sunnyday Posted February 6, 2012 Author Posted February 6, 2012 'You may be aware that the law has changed. State Pension age is increasing and will be 66 from October 2020. This affects men and women born on or after 6th October 1954' 'Your new State pension age will now fall on your 66th birthday' Quote
sunnyday Posted February 6, 2012 Author Posted February 6, 2012 Ah.......have just spoken to a friend who is a year older than me........born June 1953 - she will get her pension at 65.........so right - it is as Louby Loo said 'a graduated system' (that's why Andy Pandy only has to work an extra 4 months! ) Quote
Cait Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 Oh crikey! Will these old bones still be able to sit on those tiny chairs and roll about on the floor being jumped on by 4 year olds till I'm 66!!!!! Quote
sunnyday Posted February 6, 2012 Author Posted February 6, 2012 Oh crikey! Will these old bones still be able to sit on those tiny chairs and roll about on the floor being jumped on by 4 year olds till I'm 66!!!!! :wacko: Have to say 'retirement' holds no interest for me.........but as you say - will we 'manage it'!!! Quote
Panders Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 We can have activities such as decorate a zimmer frame day! - Letters and Sounds (whose knees are cracking - or was that someone's hip joint!) or how many children will it take to get your key person up off off the floor? Quote
sunnyday Posted February 6, 2012 Author Posted February 6, 2012 We can have activities such as decorate a zimmer frame day! - Letters and Sounds (whose knees are cracking - or was that someone's hip joint!) or how many children will it take to get your key person up off off the floor? See that's what I love about you Pander's, you always see the learning opportunities! We'll be fine Quote
Cait Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 ER..... we already do that last one ......... Quote
sunnyday Posted February 6, 2012 Author Posted February 6, 2012 ER..... we already do that last one ......... Hey - good point Cait....and plenty of 'sound effects' every time we move! (have often wondered too ...how many children have gone home and said "oooh hot flush") Quote
louby loo Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 Well, when I married old (young) Andy - I chose him so that we could retire the same time.......... so he has a few years on me.............. Well now I've got to go till I'm 99 (ok slight exaggeration), and, as luck would have it - out of all of our friends I am the only one that falls above the 'magic year' of 54. I have been told that when I'm getting up and making sandwiches for work - I can make the picnic lunches for their days out!!!!! :wacko: Quote
Inge Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 we too expected to retire at the same time when we married too.. and I have known for a long time it changed to 65, now jsut added another year to it... but as I am not working...... what it did highlight was the changes in providing pensions and having compulsory workplace pensions .. think it was a radio article that made me look it up.. but found the following sites... maybe time to think about where the money for employers is going to come from when it is already hard to just stay afloat.. This is money employers guide to pensions Interactive tools for employers The pension regulator had breakdowns of when everyone has to have this up and running... last phase in for the smallest employers of under 30 is 1 January 2016 1 April 2017 taken from the staging timeline... Quote
Fredbear Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 Oh Panders I love your thinking, made me really chuckle. Quote
eyfs1966 Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 we too expected to retire at the same time when we married too.. and I have known for a long time it changed to 65, now jsut added another year to it... but as I am not working...... what it did highlight was the changes in providing pensions and having compulsory workplace pensions .. think it was a radio article that made me look it up.. but found the following sites... maybe time to think about where the money for employers is going to come from when it is already hard to just stay afloat.. This is money employers guide to pensions Interactive tools for employers The pension regulator had breakdowns of when everyone has to have this up and running... last phase in for the smallest employers of under 30 is 1 January 2016 1 April 2017 taken from the staging timeline... Well I know where it won't come from and thats the FNEP funding we recieve!!!!!!!!!!! Quote
SueFinanceManager Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 I have to keep going till 2033....that seems like ages away.......come on you young pups work out what year you will be 66 and post it here to make me feel really old Quote
Rea Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 2030. It doesnt seem like a real number does it? Quote
SueFinanceManager Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 2030. It doesnt seem like a real number does it? No Rea it is like sci fi numbers....2030 space odyssey Quote
JacquieL Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 Hrumph 2013 (slips quietly away on decorated zimmer) Quote
SueFinanceManager Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 Hrumph 2013 (slips quietly away on decorated zimmer) :( Quote
Inge Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 Hrumph 2013 (slips quietly away on decorated zimmer) no lucky you.. avoids the extra years... mine 2022 ... Quote
Panders Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 no lucky you.. avoids the extra years... mine 2022 ... me too Inge Quote
sunnyday Posted February 7, 2012 Author Posted February 7, 2012 I have to keep going till 2033....that seems like ages away.......come on you young pups work out what year you will be 66 and post it here to make me feel really old :( Is this taking into account this little extra on my 'pension letter'........ 'The Government has announced State Pension age will increase to 67 between 2026 and 2028. This needs to be agreed by Parliament before it becomes law.' :wacko: Sorry Sue! Quote
SueFinanceManager Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 Is this taking into account this little extra on my 'pension letter'........ 'The Government has announced State Pension age will increase to 67 between 2026 and 2028. This needs to be agreed by Parliament before it becomes law.' Sorry Sue! OMG 2034.....shoot me now Quote
hali Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 I have to keep going till 2033....that seems like ages away.......come on you young pups work out what year you will be 66 and post it here to make me feel really old :wacko: :rolleyes: think i am the same as you Sue Quote
SueFinanceManager Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 think i am the same as you Sue 44 fast approaching 45? I know how to tell for sure, did you have a t shirt with relax written on the front and white canvas boots form Faith :rolleyes: :wacko: :unsure: Quote
Inge Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 on the same topic.. our son now 27 always said that it was not worth doing a pension as by the time he was due to retire it would be at least 75 or 80 and not worth contributing to.. where would he benefit from all those years paying into it.. he emigrated! but did make us think about it... Quote
hali Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 44 fast approaching 45? I know how to tell for sure, did you have a t shirt with relax written on the front and white canvas boots form Faith :( owww no a year behind you - even more depressing :wacko: :rolleyes: :unsure: - was never good at maths Quote
Froglet Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 If it's any consolation I always think of you as being older than me but only a couple of years - so read your ages thinking 'I'd thought they were younger' Then I remembered that I'm 38! and you are only a couple of years older than me! I have a lesson observation on maths first thing tomorrow morning - it's not looking good is it?! Quote
Guest Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 Geez, theres me recovering after a tough day at work and you go and remind me that I've got to be doing it for another 18 years. not sure i'm going to make it but heyho tomorrows another day. And thinking how fast the last 20 years have gone maybe its not so bad,ever the optimist me! Quote
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