Your Spouse Has Passed Away
Postponing your retirement can become more appealing for a couple of reasons if your spouse happens to pass away before you retire. You might want the company of co-workers and the routine of going to work every day to help you with the loneliness that comes with being widowed.
In addition, you will only collect one Social Security benefit rather than the two you would have received had you still been married when you began receiving benefits. Granted, the benefit you receive will be the larger of yours or your spouse’s, but it will still be only one benefit.
