Originally Posted by Jill
I've been retired for nine years but DH still has two years to go. It is wonderful, but I've had a terrible time adjusting to the freedom after working for 35 years, getting up early, raising a family, going to school, etc. I still like I have to be doing something all the time and have just started trying to relax and take it easy. I do enjoy my alone time now and wonder what in the world I'll do when DH is home all the time, too. Did anyone have problems having DH under your feet all the time?
Oh yes! In the beginning I certainly did and it took some getting used to. After all the years of being housewife/Mom to two and having my routine it was VERY difficult to adjust! I was a morning person, and it seemed that what I didn't get done before noon just didn't get done. When DH retired, it felt as though he hadn't left for work yet......so I couldn't get my day started. Well, I had to "get over it". But that was 15 years ago.