<prompt> Human: I just moved to USA from a country where retirement is managed by the government, so I started looking into personal finance to save for retirement.Therefore, I would like to ask all retirees hanging around in this subreddit:What is it like to retire in the USA?When I look at the wiki, it looks like the advice is that all I need to do during my lifetime is save money for retirement, then save for retirement, and if theres some money left, save it for retirement. Make a budget. Always be frugal. Never have fun.as detailed in the wikis flowchart, for instanceI am not saying everybody thinks like that, but it is the doctrine around this pf reddit. Even if you have a more than comfortable income. I often see on this reddit people making more than a hundred thousands per year, and yet its all about saving.So I am wondering, what is retirement life? can you finally indulge in those materialistic pleasures that make life so sweet? Like a nice car, or travelling...As a consequence, I also have the following question:Once retired, do you get your income from the interests generated by your savings, or do you take the principal?In the first, case, you would need a huge amount of money I guess... and what happens to it when you die? can you give it to your grandchildren? In that case, there should be lots of people who dont need to work because of inheritance...In the second case, you would need to estimate how long you intend to live... so it doesnt seem realistic.How is it in real life?Thanks  <response>: my grandma said its kind of like being a teenager but you have more money and more health issues. 