The Good Retirement Guide 2018 by Allan Esler Smith

Author:Allan Esler Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kogan Page Limited
Published: 2017-12-07T16:22:28+00:00

Partner

The other major change will be with those nearest and dearest to you. No one wants to join the ranks of the ‘silver splitters’, those whose relationships fracture after the age of 60. If you are a couple you will now spend much more time together, and indeed this is something which you both may have been looking forward to. But you may need a little time to adjust to this new life balance and you need to be careful not to get under each other’s feet. You may just need to give each other a bit of personal space. In that respect you both might take a quick look over the leisure and holidays chapter of this book (Chapter 9). Also, if only one partner has retired you may need to sit down and work out how responsibility for undertaking all those everyday but necessary tasks might have to be readjusted.

These very personal relationships will be a key factor in how happy your retirement years are likely to be. So grab some time out and a cup of tea and sit down as a couple, talk through how best to work through what will be a new relationship, and be prepared to accept that it may take a little time to adjust to your new situation. But generally you should find that things eventually do fall fairly neatly into place. Should the need arise, the following organizations can offer help and advice:

Marriage Care: www.marriagecare.org.uk;

The Spark (formerly Scottish Marriage Care): www.thespark.org.uk;

Relate: www.relate.org.uk.

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