Hi ,

My mum's 60 at the end of this year so was going to do a big surprise party for her but then heard people talking about 65 years being a big do. Which one is the milestone age or can it be either?

Thanks, Kate

60 is retirement age for women, but she might not want to celebrate becoming an OAP!

Sugar I am sure you Mum would be delighted when ever you decide to do it - celebrations are lovely at any time and if she is fit and strong now then why not at 60 so she can kick over the traces a bit. You can always do it again at 80.

> 60 is retirement age for women, but she might not want to celebrate becoming an OAP

Not any longer :) For women born after 5th April 1950, they will gradually have to work longer until women born in 1955 have to work until 65 and then to 68 :(

Pension age

Daisy

hi!im 61 now and my son gave me my pup,jess,when i was 60,i was so happy,i cried.Good luck whatever you decide to do!

Won't be able to retire until I am 66 in 20 years.

I can't retire until I'm 67 :(
7 years extra work to pay for the greed of bankers & others etc....
Not happy!

Hope your Mum has a fun birthday whatever you decide :)

me too boxacrazy!  but i have heard you dont pay national insurance once 60? i hope so, other wise i will have paid in 50 years worth by the time im 67! i believe now a days people only pay 30??

It used to be the case re the NI contributions but I should imagine that they will change
this to gain maximum benefit to the government...

So if it goes as I suspect I'd have also paid in 50 years worth of NI contributions...
So wonder if we'll get a higher pension....lol...pigs might fly!
Think we'll be lucky to get any state pension by then sigh....

But so many people are now living longer (my aunt lived to 101+, my mother 92, my FL 91) - think of how many years they were receiving a state pension. Who paid for it ?? Us ! Our children will be paying for our state pension. If they don't up the retirement age, there will soon be more people retired than working, so where will the money come from ??

People just have to accept responsibilty for their own retirement and start paying into a pension scheme (or save) as soon as they start working if they want a decent pension. Don't just rely on your own children/grandchildren to fund it :) :) :)

Daisy

Did you know we have a lot money going abroard to foreign nationals for child benefit.  Not to metion our bad immigration laws, most countries have a cap or deport.  what do we do, up our retirement age give them a pension also and carry on allowing immigration.

i do agree with some immigration, they are filling job that lazy bums won't fill but then again they should be made to work then problem solved.

I hate the thought of having to work that long.

In terms of people living longer all my family as far back as 50yrs have lived to near a 100 so I don't think that matters too much.  They should take the profits back off the bancker and oil/gas electric/supermarkets who have all profitted billions in a ression that we have to struggle through.

Rant done lol.

Both my husbands parents died young his Dad at 60 never reached Pension age, and his Mum at 61 enjoyed less than a year.

The main problem is fewer child en being born to support those in retirement. 

Historically and still in the developing world people have children primarily to ensure their survival in old age, as the responsibility is direct, in the developed world the responsibility is spread and impersonal.

> Which one is the milestone age or can it be either?
>

For my dads 60th birthday we organised a big party, at a local club house, with a bar. There was a disco and plenty of home-made food (cold buffet). We have a big family so it was a large family get-together that everone enjoyed (about 150 people) dads friends were also there. My dad loved his party :)
We didn't do anything special for his 65th!

I think it's a personal choice, but for us the 0's (30, 40, 50, 60 etc.) have allways been the birthday milestones.  For us it has nothing to do with retirement age.

I'm sure your mum will love her party if you go ahead with it, its a great excuse to get the whole family together and friends they don't see enough of :)

>I'm sure your mum will love her party if you go ahead with it, its a great excuse to get the whole family together and friends they don't see enough of

My husband and his brother organised a party/living wake for their mother's 90th. :-)

I 'retired' from local govt aged 50, thanks to compulsory redundancy, and now have a tiny but perfectly formed pension...but will probably have to work till I'm 119, or move somewhere unfeasibly cheap LOL

I say have 2 parties.. woop woop