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#81307 - 02/02/06 12:39 AM
Had one for about 5 years now
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Registered: 01/04/05
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Loc: San Diego, Ca
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Our nest has been empty for about 5 years or so. It was really hard for me at first. Even though my youngest daughter wasn't home much toward the last years she was there. I went from cooking for more than two to just two of us. That was an adjustment as well. I really miss my kids but enjoy my freedom now. I had kids with me at home since I was 16 so its my time to enjoy myself.. supposedly but now I'm dealing with my husband not working..etc.It never ends....
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#81309 - 02/02/06 03:31 AM
Re: Had one for about 5 years now
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Registered: 09/20/05
Posts: 2560
Loc: Pagosa Springs, Colorado
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I totally get that!! Mine didn't work for a whole year and had no hobbies. I'm really a pacifist but oh, did I want to kill him!!
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#81310 - 02/09/06 09:20 PM
Re: Had one for about 5 years now
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Registered: 11/07/05
Posts: 1096
Loc: West Chester ,PA
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My Husband's hobby is HIS JOB!!!...seriously...all the man likes to do is work...I am beginning to REALLY worry about what will happen when he retires...how do you force someone to find a hobby?
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#81311 - 02/10/06 03:18 AM
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#81313 - 02/10/06 04:05 AM
Re: Had one for about 5 years now
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Registered: 09/20/05
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Loc: Pagosa Springs, Colorado
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Dianne that's what happened to mine! He was off for a year and I was really beginning to think he was the nutty one (all these years I though it was me). I felt like he was watching my every move. AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!
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#81314 - 02/10/06 04:08 AM
Re: Had one for about 5 years now
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Registered: 11/07/05
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Loc: West Chester ,PA
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Trust me Chatty...I've had 30 years of trying to suggest and entice etc etc...the man is just all work and no play unless he's on vacation...and even then ...it's a stretch...trying to get him to relax...I figure we're about 10 or 12 years away from retirement...so I have a little time...but the whole idea of having him around all the time scares me a little...I remember how difficult it was for my Mother when Daddy retired...and he at least played golf...when my husband is home ...he starts everything with.."What are WE going to do today...what shall WE have for breakfast .."I love him with all of my heart...still...I enjoy doing my own thing during the day..with my girlfriends, my daughters...does all of that come to a grinding halt when he retires?...I have heard so many ladies say exactly what Dianne said...they get "weird"...OMG...something new to worry about now...
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#81319 - 02/10/06 08:10 AM
Re: Had one for about 5 years now
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Registered: 11/15/05
Posts: 2798
Loc: NM, transplant from NJ
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Ever since I married DH, we've had an empty nest, as his kids were grown and gone already.
Thankfully, we both have way too many interests so we both stay busy. We really earn out early-to-bed habit!
He golfs, welds, builds stuff, creates websites and webmasters.
I read, do crosswords, cook, bake, belong to local home extension clubs at local and county levels.
We both play Cribbage, watch movies, visit his kids, garden,do home improvements, love on our five dogs, make soap, shop at Lowes (LOL!!)He tells everyone he has become a professional Lowes shopper and has a GREAT eye for their yellow clearance tags!!!!
May I make a suggestion? If you had children, what kinds of things did you do before that? [ February 10, 2006, 12:52 AM: Message edited by: Di ]
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#81322 - 02/11/06 01:43 AM
Re: Had one for about 5 years now
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Registered: 11/07/05
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Loc: West Chester ,PA
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Hahahaha....we'll have to win the lottery first.... Also...I gained 4 lbs last week while we were in Aruba!!!! I'd look like the broad side of a barn if we did that all the time.. Nice fantasy though Dots...thanks for the suggestion!!! [ February 10, 2006, 05:57 PM: Message edited by: AvalonBlondi ]
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#81324 - 02/11/06 05:01 AM
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#81326 - 02/12/06 02:38 AM
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Registered: 09/20/05
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Loc: Pagosa Springs, Colorado
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Balance is a big thing for me. I don't understand why everyone doesn't strive for it.
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#81327 - 02/12/06 03:21 AM
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Registered: 09/22/05
Posts: 868
Loc: Merrimack, NH
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I don't think everyone has figured out what balance is and how to achieve it. You can't really strive for something you don't understand how to achieve.
Does that makie sense to anyone else?
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