Skip to content Try Ads-Free Fark It's Not News, It's Fark How To FarkLog In | Sign Up » Forgot password? Turn on javascript (or enable it for Fark) for a better user experience. If you can read this, either the style sheet didn't load or you have an older browser that doesn't support style sheets. Try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the page. Discussion Entertainment Have you met the ideal age for these money milestones? (usatoday.com) More: Interesting 329 clicks;posted toMain »on 23 Aug 2025 at5:50 PM(26 minutes ago) | Favorite | Watch | share: Copy Link 26 Comments Enable JavaScript for Fark in order to vote for entries. Log in (at the top of the page) to enable voting. View Voting Results:SmartestandFunniest arrogantbastich (4) Funniest 6 hours ago Debt free at 41! HAHAHHAAHAHHA Retire in your 50's? HHAHAHHAHAHAHAH The only one of those "milestones" that I hit was the when to buy a house one. I actually agree with that one too. markie_farkie (10) Funniest 6 hours ago I could have retired at 50 if I was OK with living under a freeway and cooking squirrel over a tire fire. (4) Funniest 6 hours ago arrogantbastich (5) Funniest 5 hours ago markie_farkie: I could have retired at 50 if I was OK with living under a freeway and cooking squirrel over a tire fire. I probably could have if I had remained single, childless, never travelled and ate only ramen or potatoes seasoned with stolen condiment packets. (0) Funniest 3 hours ago No but I am close to it in some ways. bingethinker (3) Funniest 2 hours ago I managed one of the goals: I got a very good job at 29. If it had continued for 30 years, I could have retired at 58, the money and pension plan were that good. But I got laid off at 33 due to changes in technology, and basically had to start all over again. (4) Funniest 46 minutes ago Dream Job? Do those exist? I'd settle for a job that doesn't annoy me too much. MusicMakeMyHeadPound (2) Funniest Ah, another one of these frustrating articles that likes to pretend your needs are met and implies you're just being lazy for not stashing away money (that you didn't have). Thanks, article, I feel comfortable speaking for most of us that you've been a real pantload. (5) Funniest less than a minute ago I'm unemployed at 50, so close? (0) Funniest less than a minute ago markie_farkie: I could have retired at 50 if I was OK with living under a freeway and cooking squirrel over a tire fire. A squirrel? A tire fire?!? LUXURY! (1) Funniest less than a minute ago Wife just got a pacemaker. That's a new 5k debt. Insurance amazingly covered 95K of it. Doesn't consider the other couple k for related costs. Also picked up another 7.5 debt for dental work. I was so close to being debt free at 54. Not it's gonna be 55 if I'm lucky. I lose my job before 60 for any reason, we're farked. If I can make it to 62.5 and start taking SS after a few years of saving/investing while debt free, we might be ok. Gordon Bennett (4) Funniest less than a minute ago Yes, I have reached most of those ages. I haven't reached the money for them, but I did carry on living and not dying. CptnSpldng (0) Funniest less than a minute ago I'll hit six figures if you combine my Social Security and my salary. I started taking social security at 67 and I have low enough savings that I'm going to keep working until I get fired. Don't Troll Me Bro! (0) Funniest less than a minute ago memerat: markie_farkie: I could have retired at 50 if I was OK with living under a freeway and cooking squirrel over a tire fire. A squirrel? A tire fire?!? LUXURY! FOX News: "99.6% of homeless people have a burn barrel!" StevieRayPalpatine (0) Funniest less than a minute ago /dnrta. I just know. SouthParkCon (1) Funniest less than a minute ago 27 - Landed my dream job and 80k/yr 29 - Bumped to 110k/yr 30 - Still knocking out the career piece 35 - Traveled the country for a year with the wife & tater-tots (remote work ftw) 41 - Not really any major debt to speak of but still no house 47 - 200k+/yr, Priced out of SoCal market. Founder of XR startup (tracking $1m revenue year 1) 48 - Lets see if we make it that far. (1) Funniest Bwhahahahahahahahaha I did have a dream.job for a while and then after a few years it turned into a nightmare. (1) Funniest less than a minute ago I didn't get my dream job until I was 30 - got laid off from the previous gig on my 30th birthday - and didn't pay off my house until I was 45. Otherwise I feel pretty good about things personally. The general state of world, though, yikes. Retiring at 58 sounds about right but that's still a decade out. I could probably do it now by making huge lifestyle compromises but would rather not. cyberspacedout (0) Funniest less than a minute ago Six figure income? Sure, but you didn't specify the decimal place. iron_city_ap (0) Funniest less than a minute ago Retire at 58 !? I make really good $ (@350/year) and am nowhere close to being able to retire at 58 (51 currently). Giving my ex half my shiat 8 years ago didn't help, but still. MDI_BugMan (0) Funniest less than a minute ago The only debt that the missus and I carry is the mortgage. School loans, car, and everything else is paid off and we only put on the cards what we can pay off at the end of the month. Still won't ever be able to retire though. (0) Funniest less than a minute ago I was debt free. I had savings. But I got leukemia two and half years ago. Now I have negative money, and I will for quite some time. It's my prize for surviving, bayoukitty (0) Funniest less than a minute ago I plan to leave my job at 62, if I don't get laid off first (I'll be 60 this year). I'd be OK with the 401(k) initially, so I wouldn't immediately have to take SS (assuming it's still available). I'm not a millionaire, but I know I'm better off than a lot of other people. I live rent-free with two other family members on property I'll inherit. We split household expenses. I'm trying to remain flexible and keep options open because I don't know exactly what I want to do in retirement. Most scenarios involve becoming a hermit. 🤷🏻‍♀ Sin_City_Superhero (1) Funniest less than a minute ago What is "retire"? (0) Funniest less than a minute ago I'm pretty sure these sorts of articles usually come with a companion article linked at the end. "So you're a miserable failure who'll never amount to anything. How not to kill yourself (Or maybe you should)." Thanks for another listing of ideals that are unattainable for the vast majority of people reading. A few more of those "Learn how I earned over a million dollars a year by the time i was 23 and retired by the time I was 28." articles would be nice too. (0) Funniest less than a minute ago I'm close or early on all of them. I started saving for retirement at 16. My dad taught me financial literacy and had me start contributing to mutual funds and the stock market the second I got my first job. 11 years early according to the article. That paved the way for everything else. I got my dream job at 40 (IS for a hell-skiing company). Apparently 11 years late. Oh well, it was still a kickass job for a decade. I bought my first house at 30, same as the article. It was a cheap fixer upper, which I fixed up. I got lucky and got it a few years before the first real housing boom in the run up to 2008. Age to earn 6 figures. 33. 2 years early. However, it was a 1 year contract and I immediately went back to 5 figures and never made it back to 6 unless you count investment income. Age to become debt-free? I've pretty much always been debt free other than the 8 year period I owned a house and a few fairly cheap car loans. I rent these days and my current car is paid off. Age to retire: 50. 8 years early I guess. That was a year ago, enjoying life right now. My path wasn't normal at all. I've always been frugal and a good saver, and learning to invest really young helped a lot. Having no expensive habits helps too. Also no kids and staying out of debt unless absolutely necessary. I feel a lot for anyone coming up these days. Everything is way more expensive and wages haven't gone up to match. And no one seems to teach the basics of financial literacy. Displayed 26 of 26 comments Enable JavaScript for Fark in order to vote for entries. Log in (at the top of the page) to enable voting. 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