I had to wait until I was 60 before I could get it...I was told to apply 3 months ahead of that date and everything went through...There will be no check until the end of January but then I don't turn 60 until Dec. SS is paid one month back. so I will get Dec. the 4the wednesday of January.
No they didn't give me any trouble..They did tell me that my husbands x would not get anything because she had not been married to him for 10 years nor could I draw from my x which is a good thing. (He didn't and still don't work)lol.
Since my husband was on disability SS and I could not apply at the time of his death and during this time he would have been 65 I had to take the amount that he would have gotten had he retired at 65 not his disability.