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My Plan Has Always Been to Wait Until Age 70 to Claim Social Security. Here's What Changed.
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My Plan Has Always Been to Wait Until Age 70 to Claim Social Security. Here's What Changed.

Yahoo Finance · Jun 13, 2026, 12:50 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

Key takeaways

  • If you had asked me this time last year, I would have told you that I m absolutely, without a doubt, waiting until age 70 to claim Social Security benefits.
  • I can t begin to tell you how weird it was to hear my husband say he was considering retirement.
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If you had asked me this time last year, I would have told you that I m absolutely, without a doubt, waiting until age 70 to claim Social Security benefits. Today, I find myself in a different place, with a totally different plan. Here s why.

I can t begin to tell you how weird it was to hear my husband say he was considering retirement. He s always been the most active, driven person I know, and I couldn t imagine him giving up the challenges he faced every day at work. I was adamantly against it for a while, primarily because I was so set on maximizing Social Security benefits by delaying our claims.

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