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Originally Posted by lrvalley
Why did your wife have to start at 65 and then stop? She is entitled to 50% of your SS regardless, so she could just wait until 70 and file.
Trying to understand what I'm missing here.
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If she did not file she would not get anything from SS.
By filing and than stopping she gets 50% of her husband's SS until she goes ahead and completes application. By waiting till 70 she maxes out her SS.