... according to a survey of 300,000 adults across the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35471624
Come September this year, I'll be halfway through that age group, myself ... andwith the study for a variety of reasons, because:
At 71, I've long been freed from the shackles of work and all it entails ... ranging from battling against the clock - and [occasionally] colleagues - to several missed promotion opportunities and suchlike.
Okay ...... my income might only be about a third of what it had been when I was still working, but, with my monthly occupational pension supplemented by a regular weekly State Pension guaranteed for the rest of my life, I'm definitely not complaining. Ironically, I am better off financially now than when I was faced with the constraints of bringing up a young family.
However, BEST of ALL was meeting and marrying Myrna - to whom I've since been happily wed for more than seven years - thanks to an unexpected bequest from a maiden aunt ... which enabled me to twice visit the Philippines.
Happy? You bet! Never have I felt more content.
Where on Earth did I ever find the time to work in the first place?
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Originally Posted by Michael Parnham
... but I retired when I was just over a year younger than the age you'll be next month, after losing first, my father [suddenly from a heart attack] then - shortly afterwards - my first wife following a long spell of ill-health. So I was 
