General Chat

Today my darling OH retires after working 47 years, he looked ten years younger as he set off this morning. <3 <3 <3

He will soon wonder how he found time to go out to work .we both did.

Mind you for the first couple of weeks you feel like you are on holiday.it's when you don't have that Monday feeling and realise you don't have to go to work that it all clicks in

It's very temping to either go full pelt into jobs that have stacked up or to wind down too much and get a bit depressed and not want to do anything .

It's getting the happy medium found

We occasionally go out to lunch in the week in a local pub/restaurant at 2 meals for £7,50 it doesn't break the bank .

Hope he has a lovely day today

Happy retirement to your OH, may you have many happy carefree years ahead of you. :-)

good time of the year, to retire.......spring is getting sprung, summer to look forward to........instead of in the autumn


have a good retirement, together.....
Bob

good news - here's hoping you have many happy retirement years together Paula <3

Hope he enjoys his last day at work and the coming permanent holiday:)
What Shirley says makes sense:)

jude x

I echo what Shirley has said.

May your OH enjoy his retirement Paula and also the new spring in his steps :-D

A very special day then Paula and a new beginning now for you both to enjoy.

I wish your OH very many years of happiness in retirement and good health to you both so you are able to do all the things you have planned together. xx

Happy retirement to your OH and to you because you will be able to go out and about enjoying each other's company. It will be 14 years in August since I retired and my OH retired before me. I have not regretted a minute of it, love the freedom. We try and make one day a week our day for going out - to NT properties, gardens etc, Doesn't always work as other things need doing but in the summer months we manage it mostly.

Have fun. :-) :-)

OH retired 14 years ago and I finished working 7 years ago and these last few years have been amongst the best we have had together. As others have said your OH will wonder how he ever had time to go to work.

Wishing OH a happy retirement. May you both have many happy years ahead and the good health to enjoy them.

I recommend retirement to all who are thinking about it :-)

I hope you and your OH Paula have many wonderful days together <3

Here's hoping you have many happy years retirement together. Enjoy every minute. :-D :-D :-D

Happy Retirement to you OH Paula <3 <3 <3

I found when my dear lad retired that he drove me bonkers for a few weeks:

Where are you? What are you doing? As I walked out the front door, he shouted 'Where are you going? . . . and so it went on.

Now, after 4 years, we live in domestic bliss - he has his interests, I have mine, but we sit and chat to eachother a lot and I love having him around, particularly as he enjoys cooking and I don't ;-) :-D

Happy days to you and your OH Paula - enjoy his retirement and having him around <3

How lovely, wishing you and your OH a very long and happy retirement.

I don't know when we will retire, my husband loves his work and has no immediate plans to stop.......and my retirement age keeps getting further away.

Does he like cooking Kitty? :-D

He does.....but he messes up my lovely kitchen :-|

We did agree that when he retires, which will be before me, he can do most of it as long as he learns to clean up properly :-D

Happy retirement



I retired first, 14 years ago. OH didn't retire for another 3 years ....................... but he still has 2 offices out at the university, where he does the things he enjoys .....................

............. working as a Project Director (unpaid) for the botanical garden and being a "sounding board"

.............. some contact with students, especially those in the Opera Programme

............. writing a history of the Botany Department and Faculty for the upcoming 100th anniversary of the university. He's having a ball talking to people about when they came, and what they remember about the earlier faculty, stories etc :-)



I do find when he is home, that he is always checking up what I am doing :-(




Paula ............................... One piece of advice that we were both given when we retired, and which worked out really well, was the following ...............

arrange to be doing something very different on the first day of retirement (???Monday, in your case??) ........... that prevents the retiree from continually checking to see the time.

It could be as simple as arranging a trip out for lunch.

Simples,as you say, Sylvia :-D

Same down my end ;-)

;-) ;-)