Does counting on inheritance qualify you as "retired" by scraping by until then?
 

I don't believe you can call yourself "retired", even at an early age, if you do just enough to scrape by financially until you know you will become the beneficiary of some sort of inheritance, agreed? Thoughts?

Well I guess you are retired if you've stopped work and you've living off investments or something you put away when you were still working. Doesn't matter whether you're scraping by or doing well... although I'm not sure why you would choose to retire early unless you had a reasonable standard of living.

I am not sure where an inheritance comes into it? Unless you think you'll only be scraping by until you get it. But I don't think retirement comes into it unless you only retire when you get the inheritance.

If you retire first, then you're retired!

I don't believe in retirement. Life needs purpose, even if the purpose isn't earning you money, you need to be working toward something overarching and singular.

Scipio-I could not agree more! If you have any goal in life, (like getting your degree finally), or a deep interest in something, you should not give up on that just because you have been told you will get something when someone dies. You never know what is factual in being told that, or that there will even be anything left in the end. Wills are very easy to change. I am speaking of someone who is attaching themselve to people whom could not be more different than them and is playing a game of I will tell you what you want to hear, do what you want me to do and act like "I am not interested in your money, in fact I am really interested in YOU," when in fact they do not care much for these "rich" people, they will do what it takes to get in the will so they can one day say, "See I told you I would become a millionaire by the time I was 25-30," when in fact they leave out the part that they didn't actually EARN the money with physical talent and skill, only with verbal games and false pleasing. That is not retired, and why fake who you are and get people to believe in your saying you retired early through hard work and skill, just to be the center of attention to those who would like to do the same. This person has talent and is gifted, both in the craft of programming/gaming and major deception within their game of life. I'd love some more feedback, thoughts about this type of person.

It sounds as if you'd like some justification for judging someone.

Why? Why does this person's actions and choices have anything to do with you?

Not judging, it's more of an awakening, of sorts, to family members. It is hard to see someone you care for being deceived by someone of whom they care so much for. Actually, they are deceiving everyone. I guess since I am such an honest & real person, I couldn't fathom being like them. Before you make mention of the will, their portion does not affect mine.

I don't need justification because I am not judging. What I was interested in is if anyone found this type of person offensive or talented? Is what they are doing moral or what most people would do when they find out they can't handle a "normal" life of working and providing for your own? Like I said, feedback about this type of person.

The judgement was not in my post carenkh.

I believe you can call yourself anything you want to call yourself, at any age, in any circumstances.

That's just classic!:D