RETIREMENT

My Wife’s Values Are Jeopardizing Our Retirement Plans

Should I take the money and run?

Kim Kelly Stamp
The Narrative Arc
Published in
5 min readApr 19, 2024

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A retired couple flinging off their jackets running toward the water
Photo by: amri photo via Canva Pro

When we considered retiring early, at sixty-two (me) and fifty-nine (my wife), we worked with a financial planner to determine if we had enough money in our investments to make it work. Our planner was the very picture of flexibility and encouragement as she calculated…

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Kim Kelly Stamp
The Narrative Arc

Owner of The Penny Pub. Editor for Parasol Pubs. Essayist. Espresso Enthusiast. LGBTQIA. PNW Native. Gigi Extraordinaire. Work in: NYT, Shondaland, HuffPost,+