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Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Apr 4, 2023 | Replies (3672)
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@contentandwell JK, no need to feel guilty! This is something I chose to do. When I first moved here last year he kept saying don't worry you don't need to get up. But I just feel compelled to. His ride to work is about 15 miles each way and typically at that time of day there is traffic but not as bad as it would be a little bit later. Since he works 4 days a week Friday we get to sleep in until 5:30! Fortunately we are both early morning people and by 10 a.m. I feel the day is half done. We've already been discussing what he'll do once he retires; he figures it'll take about a year to decompress after working 40 years for the one company.
Ginger
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@gingerw My husband was similar. He was a manager in a defense company and worked there for over 40 years. He too took about a year before he found himself bored. I had gone back to work when my son started college and was enjoying my job and working so wanted to continue working for a while. He was an athlete in his younger years but never a golfer so he really had no interests to occupy him. This job is just enough. My brother-in-law does the same thing in MA.
Neither of us is an early bird by choice. Getting to my water aerobic class by 9:00, 8:30 on Saturdays is about the earliest I can manage three days. I miss working sometimes but when I really think about it I don’t have the time to work now.
Oh, and my husband was a motorcycle rider too in his younger years. He had a Norton.
JK