My partner's culture expects us to live with their extended family in retirement while mine sees that as failure to achieve independence, and we're both afraid that choosing either path means one of us will spend our later years feeling fundamentally displaced.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people must choose between cultural frameworks for aging that render each other's deepest values about dignity and belonging incomprehensible.
“Where Are You with Retirement planning across cultures?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.