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MutantAndProud

(855 posts)

8. Social security rules need more flexibility

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 1, 2024, 12:21 AM

Jan 2024

SSI is the income based program. SSDI for spouses draws off of retirement, so if he works a certain number of hours then yeah you might not qualify until full retirement. There isn’t an easy answer for that since the laws restrict what they calculate as far as allowing spousal support, which shouldn’t be the case if you can’t get SSI either, I would like to see a percentage reduction at most if anything if the spouse is working

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I apologize to anyone that this might trigger... [View all] OldBaldy1701E Dec 2023 OP

Are you in physical pain from some medical malady? Frasier Balzov Jan 2024 #1

Yes. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #4

I feel for you. Geechie Jan 2024 #2

Those 'hotlines' are a joke. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #5

Call 988 MutantAndProud Jan 2024 #3

I tried for SSDI twice. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #6

Social security rules need more flexibility MutantAndProud Jan 2024 #8

I wish I could think of something to say that would make you believe Ocelot II Jan 2024 #7

I really appreciate your efforts. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #11

But you're not sitting there alone.... Bayard Jan 2024 #13

I don't have any advice, more like an observation. captain queeg Jan 2024 #9

Help cost money. I don't have any. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #10

There's no greater question a person can confront than whether to go on or end it. captain queeg Jan 2024 #12

Your fate is, of course, in your hands.. Permanut Jan 2024 #14

... Skittles Jan 2024 #15

You are valuable it just that our society is predatory to anyone with vulnerability Stargazer99 Jan 2024 #16

I hope you can find your purpose to your life. BoomaofBandM Jan 2024 #17

My apologies for the delay. Things are frazzled around here. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #31

I feel your pain... Wuddles440 Jan 2024 #18

I know the feeling XanaDUer2 Jan 2024 #19

I have not had a 'job' in ten years. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #20

Your husband would miss you. Qutzupalotl Jan 2024 #21

I suspect that is the only reason I am still here. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #22

You are the one thing that he can never truly replace. Qutzupalotl Jan 2024 #23

To tell him any of this is to make things worse for him. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #24

Would you be devastated if he took his own life Qutzupalotl Jan 2024 #25

I would be joining him regardless of whether or not he left a note. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #29

Your husband needs you here. Have you MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #26

Okay, here we go. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #32

I'm so sorry to read about your situation. thucythucy Jan 2024 #27

Poor Baldy! Where do you live? Beakybird Jan 2024 #28

My son took his own life in 2017. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2024 #30