Ah yes! I remember that point in my life. The missus did hers at the same time. Then we planned a long retirement cruise.

Yes indeed! Years of hard work paying off. Congratulations to him.

CONGRATS!! ENJOY!!! i am sure it much deserved!! :)

Happy day!

Congrats! I'm jealous! ;)

Yes! Best wishes for the exciting time ahead for the both of you.

Oh, what a nice milestone!

Retirement is great and I'm sure he will enjoy it. Tell him Congrats from us. The day I retired I yelled "Free At Last". LOL My hubby retired, then went back to work and retired a second time.

Congratulations to him! I hope you have some plans for celebrating. Favorite restaurant fine wine and no need to get up next morning maybe... sounds good to me. :-)

Best day for him, retirement is such a good feeling.

Congrats! Retirement is the best!

Congrats! Hope this is a great next phase of life for both of you!

He's done a great deal of planning prior to making the decision to retire a bit early and is really looking forward to it enormously. We have lots of little plans and a few trips we'd like to make in the upcoming year, a cruise is not in our future, lol.

We're going to host a cookout at the house for his work crowd as well as some of our other friends over that weekend and there will be a reception for him at the university, typically a stodgy affair, lol.

How wonderful. The culmination of lots of hard work and planning. Every morning I lie in bed and think how wonderful it is to not have to jump up and rush out the door. Such a luxury to get up when you want and linger over your coffee rather than pouring it in a travel mug and gulping it down on your commute. Enjoy.

Only now will his employer realize his value!

Welcome to the New World of Retired Husbands. Expect to make some 'adjustments' -- most of them easy, but many retirees feel a little 'off kilter' once the old routine changes. (Your 'routine' will change, too!)

Please tell him congratulations. Be kind these next months as he adjusts to the new normal. It takes time to adjust to not having to go to work everyday. I know you'll both enjoy these next years.

Woohooo!!! I'm so happy for Robert and you! You will have a great time doing things together and putzing around. And more time for the little sprites LOL

Best wishes for a long and happy retirement.

That's exciting! I'm a little jealous, haha. One of our goals is to retire early, ideally in the next 10 years but insurance costs make it a harder decision.

A year and a half ago, I did the same thing. Big congrats to your husband!!!!! It really feels both scary and good.

Congratulations to your husband!!

How exciting! Congratulations to your DH and best wishes to both of you in this next phase of life!

A dear friend just retired at the end of March, and her note over the weekend said it felt weird to be ‘unemployed’ after all the years of work. I remember that feeling too. But it passed quickly with exciting looks ahead at the future.

Congratulations to your DH! I hope both of you will enjoy his retirement together for many years to come!

Congrats. I retired before my dh and wasn't sure how his retirement would affect things. It's been wonderful. I've found I love having him at home. Hope yours is just as great.

Congrats! That’s a milestone to be proud of!

An exciting day, for sure! Fun times ahead!

Yay! Do you have any immediate plans?

He will have a busy and probably stressful few months until the official day comes, Sept. 1, but he had fun walking his papers through the first steps of the bureaucracy yesterday.

Glad he enjoyed the walk! I remember that day. Download one of those “count-down” calendars. Fun to watch the progression from months-to-minutes!

Congrats!

Be sure to find something for him to do in a couple of weeks so that he'll feel useful to fight depression or going crazy.

Jem, Monday was just the first day that he could turn in his official paperwork for retirement.....to get the ball rolling through the university and state retirement systems. His actual last day is July 2.

He's pretty self motivated......I won't need to create busy work for him. He's a young 61, with lots of friends outside work, fun activities that he's looking forward to participating in more fully, and an interest in becoming more involved with the community.

I so appreciate everyone's well wishes! It is an exciting time for someone who has worked hard and long for his whole life.