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How to handle different retirement expectations with your spouse

My wife keeps making plans for us now that we're both retired but I just want to sit in my garage and not talk to anyone for maybe six months.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Freedom means different things to different people, and negotiating this difference requires honest self-knowledge.

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“Where Are You with Retirement and the gift of unstructured time?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.