My wife and I are both in our seventies and we've started having completely different reactions to the same aging experiences — she wants to talk through every change in our bodies and minds while I prefer to just adapt quietly, and it's creating this strange distance between us when we need each other most.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are discovering that their coping mechanisms for aging are fundamentally incompatible, creating isolation precisely when intimacy becomes most crucial.
“Where Are You with Aging & Senior Life?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.