re: Anyone retire early early?

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I’m interested if most people that had this 40-45 retirement opportunity had kids late or don’t have kids. I do pretty well and feels like just getting by normally

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I'm 46 and not even close to being able to retire. I had 2 kids in my 20s, My wife and I make pretty good money now, but we were just getting by when we were younger. We have one out of the house and another that's a JR in HS.

We spent several years getting ourselves back on track with retirement goals when we were able to. I'm happy we are there now, but there's no conceivable way I'll be able to retire before 62 unless I come into some money unexpectedly or I'm forced into retirement due to a health issues or something like that.