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#1747876 - 07/28/18 11:54 AM Re: My advice to married guys,retiring [Re: KWK]
Buck Offline

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Registered: 01/17/03
Posts: 11108
I retired back in 2000. Lots of time to figure out the rules. My wife is a nurse and hospice care giver and I do a lot of volunteer work. That keeps her very busy so we both have many interests. We have a full basement divided into her sewing area and my workshop. I have a home office in a former bedroom and work space in the garage. She manages projects in the house, I manage the outside. You need to find ways to support each other and not get in each others way.
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#1747925 - 07/29/18 01:00 PM Re: My advice to married guys,retiring [Re: KWK]
Rhinoke Offline

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Registered: 06/25/03
Posts: 1411
Loc: Guilford no longer Long Island...
Much cheaper to keep her

But very happy I am on the other side but will be paying dearly till my mid 60’s
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#1748013 - 07/30/18 06:38 PM Re: My advice to married guys,retiring [Re: KWK]
KWK Offline

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Registered: 01/27/03
Posts: 4606
Loc: TN
Bleatings...i call it sqwacking ,cackling ...howse about we just call it the ocasional "nails on a chalkboard"..and call it a day.Buck...you are no fun...except when we r fishing.


Edited by KWK (07/30/18 06:39 PM)
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#1750373 - 08/30/18 10:48 PM Re: My advice to married guys,retiring [Re: KWK]
JMike Offline

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Registered: 02/08/06
Posts: 646
I needed to read this.
Been retired about 2 years, wife a couple years longer. A few months after I retired, a friend of mine (a bit older, retired longer)asked me in his boisterous voice if the wife was ready to throw me out yet. I thought he was kidding.....
Reminds me of a comment I heard on a radio show a few years back: Men have 2 choices, be lonely or be miserable. No in between.
Getting adjusted to being retired is taking longer than getting adjusted to being married. Whew...…...
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#1750376 - 08/31/18 06:06 AM Re: My advice to married guys,retiring [Re: KWK]
mattmann7 Offline

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Registered: 08/25/06
Posts: 3844
Loc: wethersfield ct
I got a taste of it last week. GF retires in 2 years. I will be old enough to draw SS then. May work or may go to PT.

Last week I was recuperating from surgery and she ended up home with an illness for the whole week. My tournament buddy used to have a saying. They will have you picking pepper out of birdshit. He's not joking. By the end of the week I was searching for tweezers.
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#1750387 - 08/31/18 08:35 AM Re: My advice to married guys,retiring [Re: KWK]
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Registered: 05/03/07
Posts: 18945
Loc: CLINTON, CT
laugh laugh
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#1750415 - 08/31/18 04:28 PM Re: My advice to married guys,retiring [Re: KWK]
KWK Offline

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Registered: 01/27/03
Posts: 4606
Loc: TN
Oh yea,3 weeks in TN...micro managing has begun,not by me...i dont give a rats ass.i blame the lack of fishing.dove season opens here tomorrow,at noon,weird.maybe some feathered carnage will help.
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#1750437 - 09/01/18 01:21 PM Re: My advice to married guys,retiring [Re: KWK]
Don P Online   content

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Registered: 05/03/07
Posts: 18945
Loc: CLINTON, CT
Good Luck KWK! Dove hunting looks fun and active shooting. I've yet to do that. So you're not taking The Wench with you...you two love doves.
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#1750459 - 09/02/18 07:38 AM Re: My advice to married guys,retiring [Re: KWK]
KWK Offline

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Registered: 01/27/03
Posts: 4606
Loc: TN
We have them on the back lot field.shotgun on the porch ready to go.stuff a jalepeno slice,wrap in bacon,on the grill...tasty. headbanger1
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#1750461 - 09/02/18 08:57 AM Re: My advice to married guys,retiring [Re: KWK]
macattack678 Offline

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Registered: 01/25/05
Posts: 3867
Loc: North Stonington
Good advice! Thanks for the tips. I'm retiring at the end of the month

"Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from bad decisions."

"Great fishermen are not born that way.....They become so through a lifetime of neglecting other things in their lives."

"Don't try to explain it. Just nod your head. Breathe in. Breathe out. Move on.

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