How Do you Find other People to Hang Out with that have retired early?

[Jana]

My husband can retire at any time with a nice sized pension. We are trying to figure out how to transition to retirement. How do you find like-minded people to hang out with. We are only 50 and many of our peers will be working another 15 years?
Jana
So Cal

[LiveLean]

Take up triathlon or stand-up paddleboarding. They seem to be havens for the early retired.

[Eric]

I wouldn't try to artificially limit your search for only those without jobs.  Surely you could hang out with people that still had to work for a living.  How do you find people to hang out with right now?  Usually it's specific interests that bring people together.  Find a meetup or online forum.  For instance, there are mustachian meetups that happen all the time, everywhere.  Of course lots of us still have jobs though :( 

http://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/meetups-and-social-events/

[Gone Fishing]

Find some traditional retirees to hang out with.  65 isn't that much older!  You can also find lightly employed/retired people by volunteering and going to the gym during normal work hours.   

[deborah]

Look at your interests. In my case, I may be interested in hiking and the local area has a hiking club. Join up and find things they do during the day. The local hiking club runs hikes on Thursdays and Saturdays. The Thursday hikes are clearly times to meet others who have days off for whatever reason - and some of them are quite young.

Sign up for special interest courses. In Australia we have U3A (University of the Third Age) that anyone over 50 can join, and give or receive special interest courses for a nominal sum during the day. You would certainly have something similar.

[2Birds1Stone]

Many people don't work a traditional 9-5 schedule.

You may have friends who work odd hours to hang with mid week.

Join activity groups, learn a new skill, take up a new hobby, explore your interests.

I have found most of my good friends whilst not particularly looking for them.

[Retired To Win]

Go to the places you want to go and go do the things you like to do.  Only do them weekdays between 9am and 5pm.  Your odds of finding people there who (1) are doing the same things you like and (2) don't have to be at a job should be pretty good.

[AlwaysBeenASaver]

A lot my friends are not retired, however they are still available during typical working hours on a fairly regular basis. Some of them are self employed and choose their own days and hours. Some are "stay at home" parents of school aged children - yes, I have quite a few friends in their late 40's/early 50's with school aged children. And some work part time/flexible schedules. I also have a friend in his early 70's who's in better physical shape than most people I know - and a lot of fun to hang out with, so I wouldn't discount everyone who retired at "typical" age either. You will most likely meet people to hang out with as you start doing the activities you enjoy doing.