If you're closing in on age 62 and intend to apply for a former spouse's Social Security benefit, don't remarry. You have to be single at the time you apply.
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Right now, too many women who reach retirement age find themselves widowed or single, relying on their Social Security check for over half of their income.
I have a statement on the Social Security. A lot of people approaching that age have either already retired on pensions or have made irreversible plans to retire very soon... I consider it a breach of faith to renege on that promise. It is a rotten thing to do.
You don't sign up for a divorce when you get married. It's very painful. But it's taught me a great deal about myself.
Social Security makes up a much larger share of total retirement income for unmarried women and minorities than it does for married couples, unmarried men and whites.
In fact, Social Security is the only source of income nationwide for 29 percent of unmarried elderly women.
People don't get married to get divorced. Maybe people weren't meant to be together forever.
I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.
I don't need to marry again. I've been married twice, and I love it when it works, but these days we live until we're 80 and marriages are jolly long.
Among seniors, Social Security is the sole source of income for 26 percent of nonmarried women.
You don't stay married for 33 years and not compromise.
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