To be delighted I'm retiring

[Vengefulpomegranate]

I will be retiring from my coal face NHS job in April 2027. Ive done nearly 40 years, full time except for my preganacies and short mat leaves (5 months longest at that time). Im just finished, I have nothing left to give. My mother started on about 'all my training' and I'm 'still young' - I'm almost 62. For context she retired from her part time secretarial work at 54. ... taken the shine off it a bit from me ...

LOL, 62 is not 'still young' and who on earth wants to carry on working at 62 (after 40 years of working) if they have the opportunity to retire?? 62 is not old of course, (but it's not young,) and it's a good age to retire. Good for you!

Happy retirement. Hope you have many years of fun and good health! 😘

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Congratulations OP. You definitely won’t regret it!

Congratulations. Enjoy your retirement!!

Don't let your mum take the shine off it. They forget. I told mine we were retiring at 60. She told me we can't as we'll be bored / what will we do all day and it's ridiculous. We need to keep working!! I asked her if she'd been bored in the 50 years since she retired..... (at 28 - and has done pretty much as she pleased ever since. Crickets....

Dont let anyone pee on your parade!
Enjoy your well deserved retirement

Well done and thank you for all your hard work !!! Happy retirement.

Could you just give this shit a fucking rest. You can be supportive to the op without having a go at retired people. You have no idea how hard or how long someone else has had to work.

The only people who retire at 62 are people in the public sector. Many others need to work longer to get better pensions. The state pays a premium for state employees not working beyond 60 in many cases. The younger employees won’t get this lucky.

Thank you for the years you have dedicated to the NHS! You sound as though you have well and truly earned your retirement - especially while you are young and health enough to make the most of what the next 25 years can offer you. Take no notice of your mum - her generation are remarkably oblivious to the privileges their generation enjoyed.

We adore my PiL, but have to smother a smirk or an eye-roll at the comments they make sometimes.

I retired from my NHS job when I was 60, a few years ago. Best thing I ever did. The stress just disappeared overnight. I didn't think once about wasting all my training - I'd used my training to help others for 39 years so I reckon there was no waste involved. Living a very happy retirement now. Enjoy!

Good for you OP! You’ve done amazing to put in so many years where I’m sure you’ve made an impact on many lives. Have a wonderful retirement.

Enjoy every minute! I’ve done 36 years & feel the same, just got nothing left 😔

I had the same thing with my Mum she moaned like mad that my DP was retiring at 57- she retired 4 months before her 50th birthday- I pointed this out, she said "it's not the same" I said "no it isn't you were in perfect health and DP was far from in perfect health" - it was as if everyone else except her had to work until they died in the traces- your Mum is clearly the same, just ignore her.

I’m going in December the day I turn 55 after 37 years NHS nursing. I cannot wait!!!

Well done you. Enough time and stress in any job, but especially the NHS. Not so many years ago, you would have got your pension at 60.
You are still young enough to enjoy your retirement years. Start ticking off your bucket list.
Wishing you a long, happy and healthy retirement.

We don't know how old the OP's mother is but let's assume for argument's sake she had the OP who is now 62 when she was 20. This would make her 82 so too old to be a baby boomer. I know that boomers are despised in general and loathed on here but do some basic addition before you comment. I'm a boomer and I retired from the NHS at age 67 and I was absolutely knackered when i went, I hadn't done anywhere near as long as the OP (around 20 years in total) and worked for just under 50 years in total so think I have worked bloody hard. My sister who is also a fellow bone idle entitled boomer retired after 45 years of nursing. Well done to the OP who i hope has a happy health retirement

Sounds very well deserved.

She may be worried about your finances or if you will be bored and regret it. Just tell her you can't wait to retire and you have lots of plans to keep you busy and happy.

Did you and everyone else miss the part where the OP said her DM retired at 54 from a part time secretarial job, so hardly in a position to comment on the OP being too young to retire from full time front line NHS work at 62?

Congratulations!
I retired at 55 after 36 years in NHS. 2 1/2 years later and I'm revitalised and just started training to do something new. Hopefully out of retirement next year.
I decided it was just a bit too long to wait for state pension.
But you're a lot closer than me so 🎉 🎊 🥳

40 years in NHS, wow! And full time.
Hats off to you, and thank you for the service.
May you have a happy and a long retirement- enjoy every minute.

Good for you OP enjoy and relax... from another exhausted NHS retiree!

Bitter and clueless.

I’m delighted for you! And point that out to your mum.

Yeah, no. In this case the mother is definitely out of order. OP already retired years later than she did. There was no reason for her to say that to OP. Maybe she could have been happy for her daughter that she gets to enjoy retirement?