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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
And I don't think being retired equates to being unemployed.......being retired usually means that we have contributed over a long period of time to the wealth of this country.
I could work because I am still fit and healthy, but I doubt that any emploer would look at any application I made and get past the age 60 without assuming that I am past it.
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Depends how little you think of the unemployed I guess. I think that it takes alot to stay at home and manage the household as your sole 'job', as you tend to get little chance to get away from it, where as some people see their job as a bit of an escape.
As I dont see any shame in being unemployed for any reason, then I dont see the shame of saying a retired person is unemployed, after all, they aren't actually being employed by anyone at that current time, so their for they are unemployed, though I guess in that sense business owners could refer to themselves as unemployed in those broad terms of mine rather than self employed, as they dont necessarily have to work if they have people to run the business for them.