LATEST MOAN FROM YOU AND ME - 2022

I'd also add that once you have paid the required qualifying amount of contributions you should be able to stop paying them.
I and a lot of other have paid 15 plus years on top of the qualifying amount you need for full state pension.

 

Women's pension age went up on a sliding scale. My wife worked to 62 and a few months.

 

Which will result in a reduction in you pension, is it 35 years contributions to qualify for full state pension? As I said, Denmark state pension retirement age is 67, however, I think you are allowed to retire earlier if you have contributed into the state pension for 38 years. I think it's 3 years earlier, so it would be 64.

 

I realise there has to be some flexibility in the system so as to cover those that cant work or are doing other things, but to pay in for 51yrs and you only get the same pension as someone who only paid in for 35yrs does seem to be almost criminal.

If you paid that money to anyone other than the government you would probably fight it out in the courts.

 

My brother had the right idea. He retired from the Police on roughly half salary plus a lump sum. He then continued his job for another 10 years in a civilian capacity (Police College) and then retired with a further pension and another lump sum.

 

That got me as well.

 

We call public servants who do that "Double Dippers" into the public purse.

 

Brother in law did similar retired collected good pension, got bored went back doing training.
Complained about paying higher rate of tax.

 

Well thank you for that, JWK! I always wondered if it was me that missed something critical regarding the 6 stolen years, but Mrs JWK's experience mirrors mine exactly. Except I missed out by about 5 months. It's also had an enormous impact on our life over here. We did our sums very carefully (as you would) but living on one State pension and a small Company pension when you'd planned around two State pensions + is not a laugh a minute!
What really riles me, though, is that I contributed a lump sum to ensure the full pension, before leaving UK. There was no option to contribute once over here. Then the DWP have the gall to inform me that I've got 6 years-worth of contributions missing. The very same 6 years that they imposed! Now they're inviting me to contribute even more, again. Epithet, epithet, epithet

 

Not arguing () but would you have volunteered to take a few years out to produce children and bring them up? Hein??

 

Well, yes, not arguing.
But I'd make allowances for that, but the 60 women 65 men anomaly went on for more years than i can remember.
Bearing in mind women have always lived longer than men, how long do you think it would have gone on had it been around the other way.

 

Women have been having babies for more years than I can remember