[cappyjon431]

My mother-in-law recently moved to The Villages. She is in her early 80s and quite active. My wife and I are considering selling our business in Panama and moving to The Villages in the near future so that we can help care for her as she gets older.

I have recently applied for an English teaching job at the Charter School (I used to teach college English at University of North Carolina-Wilminton) and my wife has applied as an RN at the medical center (she had been an ER nurse for twenty years before me moved to Panama).

Our biggest concern is that while we are certainly not "youngsters" (late forties), we might not fit in to a community specifically designed for retirees. We don't want to move to a community and feel like outcasts because we are still working and are not ready to start our retirement. On our previous visits to The Villages we were very impressed as to how friendly everybody was, and the community looks like a great place to live. We would be very interested in hearing from anybody who had similar concerns before moving to the Villages and what their experiences have been since they arrived.

Thanks!