Key points

Despite careful planning, many couples find retirement challenging.

Challenges include too much togetherness, differing views of aging, and financial anxiety.

Other challenges involve relocation regret, differing social needs, and unexpected health changes.

Communication, allowing space for differences, and reaching out for a variety of help can make a difference.

Retirement has been a longtime dream as you’ve endured long commutes, office politics , and not enough time with each other. You’ve dreamed of lovely, unstructured days together—lingering over coffee in the morning, enjoying day trips and maybe exotic travels, rediscovering the fun of your courtship.

But now retirement is here, and the dream has become something of a nightmare or, at best, underwhelming.

If t

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