maleficent

My father is an attorney, and he'll be 73 next month... He tried retirement about 10 years ago and decided he'd rather be carried out of the office ina box rather than sit home and rot.... Doctor says he's as healthy as a 40 year old (considering he had a heart attack when he was 60, prostate cancer at 65, bladder cancer at 68 that's pretty impressive.., My mother, on the other hand is 73 - worked her entire life teaching English lit in college... She's been retired 20 +years because of arthritis and other ailments... The woman can barely walk across the room - She couldn't work...

Bottom line with my parents is - I expect my father to still be kicking ass in the courtroom and berating associates for not putting inthe hours that he does when he's 90- if he's still alive... He loves what he does and couldn't imagine doing anything else... My mother loved teaching... til the end when it just got too painful for her---

85 is an unreasonable age to expect a person to keep working towards.... healthwise... but if a person likes what they do - then they should be allowed to keep doing it as long as they are capable...

Though the way the job market is - good luck to most people over the age of 50 trying to get hired somewhere...

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