Are you suddenly expected to have three meals on the table?
Monday, February 10, 2020
Are you suddenly expected to have three meals on the table?
Elizabeth "Libby" Day
Hello, My name is Libby. I enjoy reading good books, painting, blogging, spending time with friends and whatever my "Heart" leads me to do. Welcome to Beauty Without Within.
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Welcome, I’m Libby
Thank you for visiting my blog. I live in Plano, Texas where my husband and I are very involved in being happy senior adults. You will find that my blog reflects our lives and activities as well as the goings-on of our two grown children and ten grandchildren. There may even be something the Lord leads me to compose and share. Needless to say, we stay busy and sharing our busyness with you makes me happy. I do hope you will stop by and share a cup of tea with me often.
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I retired five years ago and it was a big adjustment. My husband is disabled and hasn't been able to work in over 15 years. So he was used to being at home while I was at work. And I was used to being in the public waiting on people. The first few months were good and then we started to get on each other's nerves. Our solution now is to each have our own things to do during the day. Usually around 3:00 p.m. or so we end up together and spend the evening together -- dinner, devotions, conversation, TV and computer time. It works.
ReplyDeleteThis post is just in time for me. My husband is one week away from retirement and I am both thrilled and terrified! I have not worked outside the home for 20+ years and my home is my domain. Also, I am someone who likes alone time pretty regularly. Fortunately, we have been planning and thinking ahead about how we would like our days to run (and, of course, we were nearly opposite), and we have some loose ideas. I'm glad we have talked about our needs and our wishes but I think we won't really know until he is actually home.every.day. I am sure we will have our "moments" but in all truthfulness, we are both very grateful and thankful to God for giving this to us. My husband has wanted to be retired and away from his demanding job for several years and now his time has come. I loved reading all the thoughts and ideas that you posted.
ReplyDeleteWell, Tommy isn't "officially" retired but he might as well be. He leaves the office to the hands of the 5 gals and BRandon. He's home a lot and if he didn't have his shop, I'm pretty sure I'd be insane. He stays out there a majority of the day in his recliner watching Fox News. I.cannot.stand.a.blaring.TV.all.day.long. I'd lose my mind. :o)) I'm gone a lot "doing my thing", so it works. At least for now it does. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI have to admit I don't like when Mark's in the kitchen. I just walk away. It was a hard adjustment for me when he retired. It took at least six months and then the days just seemed to work out. We kind of do our own things. Sometimes eat lunch together and usually dinner. We have always had our own DVR's and programs we watch so that hasn't been an issue. We have a few shows we watch together and we usually watch DVR's from Netflix on Friday and Saturday night.
ReplyDeleteHappy to meet you on a first time visit to your blog :) This is an excellent post addressing a question that I am a few years away from, but I have a lot of friends who have retired husbands, and they share the same concerns you addressed. I agree with your commonsense solution about working together to find solutions. Many blessings to you! And congratulations on 54 years of marriage, that is a huge milestone!
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