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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]If you are retired, what expectations did you have ahead of retirement and what is your life actually like today?[/quote]

It hadn't occurred to me how much I'd miss the structure of my career day to day and my coworkers-turned-friends. I am on a couple of boards, I volunteer at two organizations, we travel quite a bit and for longer chunks of time than pre-retirement, I do a bit of consulting, and we host nieces and nephews more often than we did previously.[/quote]

DH misses the structure more than I do. I retired a year before him and had my new routine down. Then, when he retired, he needed a lot of interaction. He would camp out at the kitchen counter all day with his laptop (despite having an office and other areas in the house to work), so he could have his "watercooler chat" with whomever walked by about whatever he was doing/reading online. It was driving us all nuts. My kids just wanted to get a glass of water or a snack without being accosted.  It took about 8 months of me "scheduling" time to chat with him and then he just finally mellowed out and transitioned to a new normal. Now it's all good. Be patient with your spouse. [/quote]

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