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Originally Posted by TunedOut
LOL--Well, it is not all bad; you have time to spend with and help your youngest son (who knows how often you will see him in a few years from now), deal with your mom and take care of your physical and mental health. When your son graduates from high school, you might find work that your really like. You could go back to school if you want. We can always work but spending time with people we care about is priceless.  |
I am very fortunate to have a husband who is willing and able to support me. Believe me, I appreciate that. If I had been so driven to have a career, I would have done it.
Yes, the being able to see more of my mother, who lives less than an hour away, but not wanting to see her is what really bothers me. I would like to spend time with sweet, loving, elderly mama...but that’s now who she mostly is.
There were days where I took her out somewhere nice and she was very happy with that and behaved much like her best self. But then she gets in these ruts due to her physical health, and due to that she gets ‘mean spells’ (that’s the best way I can describe it).
And now things are changing for me as my husband retired.
We have friends who want us to go into business with them. It’s a good idea, but a sure fire way to destroy a beautiful friendship.
I have a career that my husband could do with me, but I doubt we will motivate and work well together.
He did something recently where I learned I really can’t trust him to respect me at all, when there’s something he wants to do, he’ll just do it no matter if it hurts me. Which I forgave and moved on...but also got smarter.
But something will definitely change simply because the two of us will be sitting here together with nothing to do.
