My husband of 22 years died suddenly in December at age 57. I (55M, 56 this year) can now retire at 60 rather than closer to 68 or 70 because my husband died and I inherited his retirement savings.
And I still will need a part-time job until I’m 65 to pay for healthcare until Medicare kicks in.
It shouldn’t be this way. We both worked hard and saved what we could but it took one of us dying to be able to retire at a decent age. And now with an out-of-control Supreme Court gay marriage could be overturned and I could lose any Social security benefits of being a widow.
Welcome to America 2022. Boomers screwed Gen X first