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When retired couples struggle with constant togetherness

My wife and I both retired last year and we're spending way too much time together and neither of us knows how to ask for space without hurting the other person's feelings and we're starting to get on each other's nerves.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Infinite shared time requires the delicate art of creating space within closeness.

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