Unless of course you get seasick.

Oh, man.

There are those who are choosing to spend their retirements on cruise ships rather than in retirement homes. What started out as a rampant internet urban legend has apparently become the truth, as the price of permanent cruise ship living is comparable to, if not lower than, that of retirement communities.

Here’s the internet source, which is itself adapted from an earlier “it’s cheaper to live at a Holiday Inn than in a retirement home” meme:

About 2 years ago my wife and I were on a cruise through the western Mediterranean aboard a Princess liner. At dinner we noticed an elderly lady sitting alone along the rail of the grand stairway in the main dining room.

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