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Retirement Surprise FOUR - Resentment |
| Published: May 24, 2008, 4:23 pm |
| Tags: culture, family, retirement, early retirement, resentment, retired and resented, retirement surprises |
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Retirement Surprise Four - Resentment is a surprise that goes both ways: I feel resentment and my spouse feels resentment. What fun! I think my wife resents my early retirement and the thought of me “sitting around the house all day” and so she makes it clear that she thinks I should make more contributions toward the daily chores of maintaining the household. I have touched on this subject in earlier Posts. And for me? I resent her resentment. Why shouldn’t I be able to retire? That fact that she hasn’t retired is her choice. She is a Boomer too, and she loves to work! The real truth of the matter is that if she were to retire tomorrow, we could not replace her income with savings and (Lord Almighty!) I would have to find a job! I find it very difficult to gauge her resentment. She will deny it and say it is all in my own head. That is where I live. I make up stories to suit my own opinions, regardless of whether [ Full article ] |
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