Retirement Rumblings
By Xavier Bage
@franxav (14154)
India
May 29, 2025 11:20am CST
It was not so from the beginning of our charitable society.The honorable founder ( though incapable due to old age he is still with us) never spoke of retirement. He was of the opinion that we would build a team and continue working for the society as long as we can. Very much like a religious society. But thoughts and things have changed since the reins were handed over to his wife and son-in-law. The concept has passed through a character change. It is now a declared law that the society will function like a company and employees will have to retire when they pass the age of 60.
Soon , I will have to retire from the foster parenting and teaching job. I never thought it to be a job. It is a holy vocation for me. But , not everyone thinks that way.
Whether I like it or not, within a year I will have to leave my job, vacate the house I live in , leave the children who have learnt to call me "Papa", hug me, hold me, climb on my shoulders. Suddenly, they will not find me near them. They will perhaps cry but cannot do anything to change the situation . The administration will find a new guardian to fill the vacancy and I'm sure they will find many willing candidates .
It is a private organisation. I cannot expect to receive pension or pf. How will I survive? Where my daily bread will come from. At this age it will be impossible to land a new job!
Life will be difficult after retirement but I hope there will be some way I will find some work and earn enough to buy my food.
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@vandana7 (101945)
• India
30 May
@TheHorse Sometimes I think Dad is attention seeking cry baby. He literally stops eating and even drinking water and taking his medications, if I am not around. I leave in the morning, return home for lunch, then again move out. In the process I lose precious working hours, during which some more could have been accomplished. I can always eat lunch outside. But he does not, so I have to return. Are you also like this Pony ji?
@vandana7 (101945)
• India
30 May
That ..is NASTY. The kinda service you have done to the society is invaluable. Ironically, it is also a kinda service for which there aren't many job openings. One year is too near....for planning anything or even to learn anything that will fetch some returns.
I wonder how you feel about dogs. I was just reading through some job openings for dog care and dog walking. Dog day care services also called pet boarding services, pay near about 500 per day out here...they can pay higher if the facilities are better.
That can help...but I think one year will be sufficient for learning the tricks of that trade.
What about your wife and kids?
Out here, we have old age homes for which we just have to pay about 4500 or so, plus electricity and laundry charges. It is Tata sponsored facility, though it is available only for able bodied folks that too till age 75. Do you think you can manage that? I am in Hyderabad, and I don't know where you are.
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@RasmaSandra (85987)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 May
Sdure hope you can find some kind of work to support yourself.
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@Ineeddentures (4394)
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29 May
@TheHorse must have been thinking the same as me and me thinking the same as him as 60 years old does indeed sound quite a young age to retire
Having said that it was 56 for me.
I got bored quite soon after but I couldn't find a job I would like so I had to adapt and make the most of it.
I don't know what I would do if money was tight and I could not get a job. I feel for you, I really do.
Could you perhaps find work as a private tutor?
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@vandana7 (101945)
• India
30 May
He does say he is a physician....so it should not be as difficult finding a job. If I am not mistaken, that would mean, he is a registered medical practitioner. In such a case, the medical shops out here, have links with RMPs, and would direct them to RMPs...I don't know where he is living. But in Hyderabad at least, almost all medical shops direct people to either the RMP or a Doctor.
I feel sad that he will suddenly be left without the love of kids.......that is a devastating situation. It feels as if an organ is amputated. It takes a while to recover from that shock...that is why I have directed my love towards stray dogs. There are so many, so even if a few go missing new ones will always be there....
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@vandana7 (101945)
• India
30 May
@Ineeddentures I don't know...his profile says physician....so I presumed it is registered medical practitioner. If he was a qualified doctor, he would have mentioned doctor. But he maybe a doctor. Just not a specialist. Still he can get jobs with children's hospitals. He need not despair.
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@Ineeddentures (4394)
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30 May
@vandana7
Now, I don't know, but wouldn't he have thought that it would be easy to get a job when he is a physician.
He will miss the children and that is really sad as I think the looking after and nurturing the children is his real vocation.
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