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Ocelot Spleens Apr 2023 7:28pm, 6 Apr 2023 36,896 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens I think mine got paid off 2015, redundancy, selling Cotswolds house, moving North. Part time since. OH has probably 5 years to go, I would like less. We can afford it. The question is where do we retire too....
Fields Apr 2023 7:47pm, 6 Apr 2023 9,216 posts	Quote Pin Fields I have a few mates who have been made redundant 4 or 5 times, in each case getting a decent payout and a then a better paid job immediately. Not sure I’d want it now but it would have been handy in my 20s and 30s
cathrobinson Apr 2023 8:28pm, 6 Apr 2023 11,079 posts	Quote Pin cathrobinson I’ve had a couple of days off on my own this week and I’ve pondered whether this is what retirement might look like. I’m not sure I will enjoy lots of time when it’s raining, but I will definitely love the dry days
Garfield Apr 2023 8:37pm, 6 Apr 2023 17,228 posts	Quote Pin Garfield Hubby killed off our mortgage when the company he was working for was bought out back in 2008. He's also had a couple of lucky redundancies in past years too.
Fields Apr 2023 9:17pm, 6 Apr 2023 9,222 posts	Quote Pin Fields Mind you I find all this talk of £1000+ mortgages scary.
Hanneke Apr 2023 9:52pm, 6 Apr 2023 101,832 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke Me too! Mine was never that scary, not even when I owned a 35 acre smallholding...
HappyG(rrr) Apr 2023 10:10pm, 6 Apr 2023 46,245 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) Try 2.5x that! Hence why want to get it gone ASAP! G
Bazoaxe Apr 2023 10:33pm, 6 Apr 2023 24,635 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe I would have no money to live on after a mortgage of that size.
Fields Apr 2023 10:39pm, 6 Apr 2023 9,227 posts	Quote Pin Fields More than I’ve ever earned in a month. Didn’t realise everyone was so posh
Lip Gloss Apr 2023 7:19am, 7 Apr 2023 68,605 posts	Quote Pin Lip Gloss I’m certainly not that posh. My mortgage is only £77 a month.

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