Exactly. Thank you for your reply. I created a very simple chore list on the fridge split between the 2 of us and our beagle. The beagle's chores are 1) licks my dinner tray clean; 2) stay cute. My wife is keeping upstairs clean (including dishes), outdoors poop patrol, and emptying the garbage. I do the rest. She is doing well with this chart to look at. But I, too, mourn the loss of our marriage (yep, she's more a roommate now) and wish she had a social circle to turn to but she doesn't have any close friends and wishes to just stay home. I plan all of our activities and she happily enjoys them unless there is a lot of exercise involved. It is a lonely journey.