spousal
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If you choose spousal benefits, you generally forego your own benefit.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Here’s a complicated explanation: “A spousal benefit is reduced 25/36 of 1% for each month before normal retirement age, up to 36 months,” according to the SSA.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
When she later becomes eligible for a spousal benefit, Social Security does not restart her record.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Because the GPO has been repealed, her teacher’s pension will no longer reduce or eliminate her spousal benefit.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Blessed maid, Why lengthen out thy maiden hours when fate Permits the noblest spousal in the world?
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
