To be worried how I will manage to work until I am 67?

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I am in my mid fifties. I already get more tired than I used to when younger. I wonder how I am going to manage to work full time until I am 67 years old. And continue to do my share of cooking, cleaning, family stuff and actually having some fun.

Wow your ignorance is astounding. Not all of us can afford to put extra money aside for retirement.

I’ll probably be 70 at a minimum and do t know how I’ll cope. I went to see my mum at the weekend who is 70, she is forgetful, tired, has high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. We have a family history of dementia and I’m terrified that will happen to me!

I’d say you were untypical-but I guess you knew that anyway.

I realise this is a zombie thread, but I was scrolling through some of the earlier comments… someone said some older women were not allowed to join company pension schemes back in the day. 😱 Is that… true?

I’m in my 30s, and it hadn’t occurred to me some women hadn’t had the choice of starting a pension if they worked. It’s been drummed into me since day one that I need a pension for my old age and I’m quite horrified to hear that some women might have wanted to make that choice too, but weren’t allowed.

Is this someone being dramatic, or was that an actual thing?

I'm your age OP and I think our best hope lies in trying to get into a position where our job makes as few physical demands as possible, so short commute, wfh or hybrid, so we can use our energies on the job itself rather than travel from a to b. Also if we can increase our seniority so can be valued for what we know and our responsibility rather than actually doing at the sharp end. I have huge empathy with people for whom this isn't an option, who's work is manual or physically taxing. The other side for me is to try and do everything I can to be as healthy as I can. I manage my diet and excercise and try to avoid anything harmful to health. But again, there will be those where that's outside of their control as unpreventable health conditions occur. I do take some comfort from the women in my sector ten years my senior who are still managing and performing at a really high level too, so am keeping my fingers crossed I'll be like them.