Survive Your Husband's Retirement


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How does a wife cope with marriage after retirement and her husband'snew behavior when he wants to rearrange the kitchen utensils to"make it better" or, like Bob the Caboose, wants to go everywhere with herbecause he hasn't identified his retirement interests? How does a husbandbuild friendships outside work and collaborate with his wife to build a happyretirement marriage? In this second edition of Survive Your Husband'sRetirement, you'll find more tips on staying happily married while creatinga strong relationship that benefits both partners, along with the stories andhumor of the successful first edition.About the AuthorNora Hall, a dedicated problem solver and cockeyed optimist,set out to find solutions to the struggles she and herhusband encountered in marriage after retirement. Findingthat most women with retired husbands had similarconcerns, she committed to sharing this information withwives interested in staying happily married in retirement.Hall's experiences of researching, writing about, and giving retirement workshopshave shown her that the most precious gifts in this new life stage aretime and wisdom to:* Foster deep relationships.* Understand what is important in life.* Develop skills we have longed to acquire.* Create a joyful and meaningful retirement marriage.




Survive Your Husband's Retirement


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We're not sure where Bob learned his caboose skills, but on his first day of retirement he began following his wife everywhere--even into the bathroom, we're told. In another household, mild-mannered, but newly retired Tom became the family tyrant, going into a frenzy when dishes or silverware weren't placed exactly as he had rearranged them. And that's only a few of the strange stories we've heard about husbands' retirement behaviors that threaten to drive a wife crazy. Written for wives of the Two Million (plus) baby boomers who will become eligible for retirement this year alone, Survive Your Husband's Retirement looks at changes in a relationship--and the errant behavior that comes along with it--when a husband retires. Replete with couple's stories, cartoons, and coping suggestions, Survive prompts women to laugh, to cry, to think--and finally--take action to return bliss to the relationship.




Too Much Togetherness: Surviving Retirement as a Couple


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Look forward to a happier retirement with this fantastic guidebook for couples. You are not alone in your quest for a retirement that is both rewarding and productive. Filled with stories and tips, this book will successfully lead you and your spouse to cope with the changes that retirement brings. Grow closer together and retain your sanity as you fall in love all over again.







Keys to Living with a Retired Husband


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After decades of being active in the workplace, the retired husband is often at a loss about what to do with himself on a day-to-day basis. If you're his wife, the problem quickly becomes yours as much as his. Here's a mixture of good-natured advice and sound common sense, directed especially to wives of retired men, and suggesting the best ways to deal with this problem.







52 Things to Keep Your Husband Out of Your Hair when He Retires - US Edition


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How to retire. A practical guide to a happy retirement. If you've retired or are considering retirement, this guide gives you 52 things to stay active, healthy and engaged with the community. You don't need a huge nest egg or be savvy with financial retirement calculators, all you need is this simple, practical and often funny guide. It's a fun and playful insight into things to keep partners busy. There are 52 projects in this book. One for every week of the year. By the end of the first year, four or five projects will be in full swing, keeping everyone happy.




How to Survive Retirement


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You’ve worked hard for the better part of four or five decades, and now you’ve decided it’s time to call it quits. Or your employer or industry regulations may have made that decision for you. What now? Although a life of ease may have been your dream, retirement brings with it a host of questions, problems, and responsibilities that never occurred to you and now may seem insurmountable. How to Survive Retirement will help you plan for most any eventuality during the golden years. The book is divided into four major areas: • Making The Break: The emotions of retirement. • Where Did The Money Go?—Financial considerations • I Don’t Feel So Great—Physical/medical aspects of retirement. • Hey, Look What I Did!—Filling leisure time. Doing nothing may become the hardest thing you’ve ever done. However, thanks to this survival guide, you’ll be able to enjoy the rest of your life.




Can I Retire Yet?


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You've worked hard, lived carefully, and saved diligently. You've reached major milestones and accumulated more assets than you dreamed possible, and yet you hesitate. ""Can I retire?"" This book will help answer that question by showing you.... The tools you need to live a secure and independent retirement, without worrying about money What you must know before leaving a career behind How much it will cost you to live in retirement, and how to manage your cash flow The current choices for retirement health care, including lesser-known but effective options The threat from inflation: two secrets that politicians and bankers will never admit A realistic assessment of the impact that income taxes will have on your retirement Social Security's role in your retirement: when you should claim and how much it's worth to you How to construct and manage an investment portfolio for income and growth in retirement About immediate annuities and why you need multiple sources of retirement income The key variables and unknowns in your retirement withdrawal equation Reviews of the best retirement calculators, and tips for how to use them accurately Beyond the simplistic 4% Rule to the latest research on safe withdrawal rates Realistic bracketing of your retirement savings needs, without over caution or overconfidence The history of economic cycles and the related asset classes for optimal retirement security A survey of strategies plus original research for how to orchestrate your retirement distributions A practical "retirement fuel gauge" alerting you to problems while you still have time to act Backup plans: the "lifeboat strategies" for ensuring you'll never be without essential income The 6 crucial questions to answer before you can retire The one, simple, powerful, non-financial reason that you can and should retire earlier than later




Retirement Maze


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Millions of baby boomers are just beginning to retire, and in doing so many are likely to run into adjustment problems, such as loss of identity, deterioration of marriage and social life, and feelings of disconnectedness to the world. Studies have found that as many as 40% of retirees have difficulty adjusting, and even those who claim to enjoy retirement may experience some uneasiness as they adapt to a life lacking in structure and direction. This book investigates the struggles faced by retirees in building a new life outside of the workforce. It provides an honest assessment of retirement, based on the not-always-acknowledged fact that it is a difficult transition with pitfalls and obstacles to be overcome. But along with uncovering problems, the authors also propose solutions to enable both current and future retirees to be better prepared, allowing them to avoid being blind-sided by unexpected situations. By reading about the experiences of their peers, current and future retirees will come to understand that others share their difficulties adjusting, and that tactics are available to improve their comfort level in retirement as well as their overall well-being. Retirees and those planning for retirement will find in these pages what they need to make retirement successful and enjoyable.