CHAPTER 17
Relationships and Your Retirement
Although your retirement is, most definitely, yours, it isn’t yours alone. In sometimes profound ways, it is your partner’s, your family’s, and your friends’, as well. The people you’re closest to can’t help but be affected by the dramatic life change you experience when you leave your working days behind, and you cannot help but be affected by them either. Many aspects of your life will change with retirement, including the structure of your days, the ways you use your time, the groups you belong to, and your relationships. Of all these, relationships may be the most important; according to past research, relationships are a key contributor to people’s well-being in retirement, ...
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