Originally Posted by june6995
How is that women can retire. Do you still have to cook and clean house and keep the laundry done, as well as run errands and bring home the groceries, then start all over again. I never held a job outside my home, raised 4 children and kept busy all the time. Well guess what? Now at 77 I am still doing all the things I did before. Only exception is not having to drive kids to school/events.
and to top it all off....I do not get a Pension and SS is a joke for someone who never held a job.
I am sure there are lot of us...in this boat!
June in Cincinnati
When we retired, I ensured that my DH realised that I had also retired, as we had both worked long hours. We then did housework together. He did the gardening (only a small garden). I did the cooking, he did the clearing up after. When there was a big shop needed we did it together. We both had our hobbies, his was wood turning so he spent plenty of time in his workshop, while I followed my hobbies.