Dear Bel,
Last year I retired for a very simple, rural life abroad with my 59-year-old husband. We have been together for 20 years, married for 17.
I always worked in a professional, quite demanding, role; he has had some self-employed work, occasional short-term employment, nothing else. He was an only child, never made many friends and seemed incapable of fitting in with a work environment.
I think I always realised I was carrying everything – financially, domestically and socially – and he was too dependent. But he has many good qualities and, to put it simply, I loved him.
However, retirement has turned into
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