my husband gets two smallish pensions, from the pension guarentee board and his guard service but otherwise we SS and that is it....
always consider ourselves better then the average bear but I don't anymore....
our house is paid off....
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This is one of the keys.
I couldn’t imagine retiring while still carrying a bank note on a mortgage.
I eat regularly...have heat in the winter...and am able to barbecue in the back yard during the summer.And it sounds like you might have similar circumstances. However,it seems unlikely that either of us will be buying a Rolls Royce in the near future. ;-)