Too Much Togetherness: Surviving Retirement as a Couple
- Price
- $14.99
When one spouse retires and the other keeps working—or isn't ready to give up an independent life—marriages can suddenly buckle under 'too much togetherness.' Drawing on interviews with hundreds of women and men, journalist Miriam Goodman explores the emotional challenges of retirement: loss of identity, shifting power, male depression, and mismatched expectations. With frank stories, expert insights, and practical 'Today's Challenge' takeaways, this guidebook helps couples negotiate boundaries, keep separate interests, and build a rewarding second act together.
- Names a real but unspoken marriage crisis: 'retired husband syndrome' and the loss of independence when one spouse stops working
- Voice-of-experience: distilled from hundreds of candid interviews with real women and men
- Reassures readers they're not 'bad wives' for wanting their own lives—validation plus practical tools
- Actionable 'Today's Challenge' at the end of every chapter makes it usable, not just descriptive
Perfect for a working woman in her 50s or 60s whose husband is about to retire (or just did) and who fears losing her own independence and identity in the process.
Product Details
- Author
- Miriam Goodman
- Format
- Print:
- Pages
- 128
- Weight
- 7.7 oz
- ISBN
- 9781599554938
- SKU
- 54938
- Imprint
- Bonneville Books
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