Husband refuses to retire so all my plans are on hold and I fear being lonely
DEAR DEIDRE: I WAS looking forward to retiring next year and thought my husband would give up his job and retire too.
The plan was that we could then spend time together.
Listen to the NEW Dear Deidre podcast
Resident agony aunt Sally Land is taking The Sun's legendary advice column from the page to podcast.
Each week, Sally will be joined by an expert and some of your favourite celebs to give helpful, entertaining advice to listener problems.
A brand new episode will be available every THURSDAY.
Listen , or wherever you get your podcasts.
He is past retirement age but carried on working, as I was.
I’m 62 and my husband’s 67. We’ve been married for 35 years.
He won’t say for definite that he’s not going to retire, but keeps saying he’s needed in his job, and he really enjoys it.
I worry he won’t want to give up when I do and I’ll be left on my own.
I’m hurt that my husband would rather be with his workmates than me.
I’m seriously thinking of not retiring so I won’t be lonely.
Get in touch with Deidre
Every problem gets a personal reply, usually within 24 hours weekdays.
Send an email to deardeidre@the-sun.co.uk
You can also send a private message on the Facebook page.
DEIDRE SAYS: Retirement brings great uncertainty for many and your husband may be nervous about giving up a job he loves.
But there is room for compromise. Could he work part-time?
This would give him an idea of what life might look like if he retired completely.
READ MORE FROM DEIDRE
Work on building up your social life and meet new people so you are not so reliant on your husband.
My support pack Widening Your Social Life has lots of ideas to get you started.