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Originally posted by AGDee
Just about everybody I know (at my age) has a plan that goes that far in advance... How to get the kids through college, when they hope to be able to retire, some idea of what they want to do after they retire. For me, that's the 10 years, 20 years and 30 years deal. In 10 years, the kids will both be in college and I'll sell my house and buy a condo and have no yard work or shovelling snow anymore. In 20 years, I will be getting close to retirement and in 30 years, I plan to be fully retired and living in a cool retirement community where they have social activities, transportation, etc (if I'm even still alive then).
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I don't think you and I are that far apart, age-wise. Having kids is probably the biggest factor in planning for the future, and because I don't have them it won't be an issue for me. Honestly, I've never thought about what I'll be doing in 30 years if I'm still alive -- but traveling around the country in an Airstream sounds kind of kickass.
Like anything, these kinds of things really vary from person to person. I'm a wacky free spirt who doesn't plan for the future or care whether someone I'm with has 10 degrees or none. Other people want stability and plans or a partner with an advanced degree. The most important thing is for each person to figure out what's important to her and find somebody who is reasonably compatible with that.