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When Your Partner Becomes Abusive After Retirement

My husband has become increasingly controlling and mean since he retired, and at seventy-four I don't know if I have the energy to start over but I can't keep living like this.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Age makes escape feel impossible while time makes endurance feel unbearable, trapping you between exhaustion and hope.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Love in Later Life and Aging Partnership?”

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