BOBOT
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2006
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I'm bailing out in January at age 58. DW is 9 yrs younger & needs to work a while longer to build up her own retirement accounts & pension. Actually she mostly enjoys her work & wants to keep at it for a few years.
We have discussed the impending changes in our arrangements & how it might impact our relationship, in terms of roles, expectations, etc. Note that we generally give each other a LOT of slack & get along great.
There are, naturally, things I am looking forward to doing - travel being the most obvious example- that she won't be able to join in on. We've talked about how I might go alone to places she wouldn't be especially interested in anyway. And I've talked about how, while I naturally would take up more of the household responsibilities, I am also looking forward to having a lot of unfettered time & don't want to have a bunch of honeydo's laid out for me.
Question: How have others made & weathered these adjustments, especially if your SO hasn't retired yet ? Have you experienced friction, resentment, or other problems?
We have discussed the impending changes in our arrangements & how it might impact our relationship, in terms of roles, expectations, etc. Note that we generally give each other a LOT of slack & get along great.
There are, naturally, things I am looking forward to doing - travel being the most obvious example- that she won't be able to join in on. We've talked about how I might go alone to places she wouldn't be especially interested in anyway. And I've talked about how, while I naturally would take up more of the household responsibilities, I am also looking forward to having a lot of unfettered time & don't want to have a bunch of honeydo's laid out for me.
Question: How have others made & weathered these adjustments, especially if your SO hasn't retired yet ? Have you experienced friction, resentment, or other problems?