retirement home

ok, so...we went to an annual event in lexington celebrating february birthdays....yeah...it never actually happens until march, but i am grateful to be included in the honorees....this evening was the first time i can recall the issue of retirement popping up.....we have a few semi-retired friends, but nobody who will own up to staying put at home...until this evening...when i was standing with 4 other 'wives'.....and the issue of a spouse's 65th coming up in april was broached...and one wife said to the wife in question......'honey....you don't want to retire until you have to, especially if he is going to be home all of the time....'....wow....i knew that women discussed such things...it simply has not been in my presence until now.....and i know what was implied.....not one of us got married to somebody that was home 24/7...we married a man who was home about as infrequently as ourselves....and so we are bound to be taken by surprise at the newly-home spouse who takes to picking up things that one has just laid down....omg.....no wonder i am surrounded by retired nurses who came back part-time .....the prospects were too much to handle.....