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Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim, The Couples Expert. This is episode 178 of our show. Thank you for joining us today as Stuart talks about something that we will all be facing at one time or another. You may already be there: the impact of retirement on your love relationship. How will you and your partner spend your retirement years?  Listen as Stuart talks about how to cope with this major change in your life and what you can expect while heading into this new phase of living together with your partner.

Stuart just returned from a cruise with his wife. There was some worry and anxiety about going to London after the recent terror attacks there. Deciding not to let the bad guys win, they decided to go and have a great time in spite of the worry. He’s renewed and refreshed and excited to be back bringing you the expert advice you’ve come to expect.

What you’ll learn from today’s podcast:

  • What it’s like to be retired. Fantasy vs. Reality
  • Stuart’s dreams of retirement
  • Why couples divorce after 50
  • How to stay connected into your golden years
  • How retirement will change your life
  • Keeping your good health is important
  • Retirement lets you do what you want to do
  • Make sure you’re connected now

Don’t wait until you retire to do the work on your relationship. It’s not about communication skills as much as making sure that your connection to one another is strong and healthy. Talk and plan together about your hopes and dreams for retirement.  Make sure you’re in agreement and on the same page about what you want to do with this important next chapter in life.

This is the time for you to enjoy the fruits of your labor. You’ve been working for this all these years, and now’s your chance to enjoy those golden years with your loving partner by your side.

Thank you for spending part of your day with The Couples Expert. Until next week. Stay connected!

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Next Week on The Couples Expert Podcast

Join us again in two weeks when Stuart talks about loving yourself despite betrayal in a relationship. This topic includes a wide array of betrayal topics.

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We’re seeing sobering statistics about something called “gray divorce.” While general divorce rates are declining, divorce in marriages for people of retirement age is on the rise. More than half of divorces are now 50+ baby boomers who have been married 20+ years.

You share your life with someone, build a home, a career, raise a family and then? Everything changes. The kids are grown and gone, the house feels huge and empty and your career is coming to an end. You find yourself looking at your spouse as a stranger. You’ve been living progressively separate lives. You’ve been so busy working, raising kids and attending to the day to day running of the household that you’ve lost the connection with your partner and sometimes your own identity in relation to them. It’s more like living with a polite roommate than a lover. You’ve become two strangers rattling around in your “empty nest.”

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