Retiring in a month at 48. People are not happy for me.
Hello! I'm planning to retire at the end of Oct at age 48. The math works, and my spouse and I have a plan. We started telling close friends and family, and the reactions have been.... nearly universally not positive. Her parents got really quiet and didn't ask any questions (other than "What will you do?"). No congratulations, no well-wishes, just silence until someone changed the subject. My parents got downright hostile, with my dad chewing me out like I was a misbehaving teenager ("Yo