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Now I'm as depressed as Spalding Gray
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Originally posted by NotFromHere
I know you don't really believe this. Everyone thinks that not having to work would rock. But unless you're 60, who would you hang out with? It's not like summer break when you can hang out with your buddies. Your buddies will be working and you'll be at home with your X-Box, which would be fun for awhile, but still it would end up sucking.
Aside from that, never having a job makes for an incomplete personality.
That said, husband says he would love to retire, make me the sole breadwinner and he promised to clean the house, shop and cook everyday - as well as do lunch and pilates. Then, one day home sick and he's climbing the walls - when are you coming home? I'm bored. Blah blah blah.
So it boils down to...you're a liar.
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I know quite a few women who are empty nesters and were full time moms before that. They don't have jobs per se, but they are very busy. Some of them help run family businesses, some of them serve on the boards of a variety of not-for-profit organizations, including very large health care facilities. Many volunteer. Some of them write, or travel, or read a great deal, or spent a lot of time working in their gardens. There are quite a few of them out there, so finding other people to hang out with isn't that much of a big deal. They're educated, interesting women, and I could easily see falling into their ranks. I agree with gwinky. The lottery winner job is not a terrible one at all.
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