Originally Posted by redietz View Post
For anyone interested, my late wife had a double doctorate and out-earned me most years. She was a subcontractor for the Army.
Ah, then as you're of retirement age you can opt to draw a benefit which would be one-half of what she'd have been eligible for, so long as you were married at least ten years before she passed and you haven't remarried.

For a double-doc with high earnings that could well be how you pull it off today, especially given what seems to be your spotty employment earnings history.

Just speculating, no offense intended.