How Men and Women Want Different Things in Retirement

The Wall Street Journal ^ | March 20, 2016 | Lisa Ward

[RainMan]

I said what I wanted was a woman to love me. She choses to treat me like a king, which I consider a bonus, but since I treat her like a queen, not altogether out of line. Former wife 1 treated me like a diaper, and former wife 2 forgot about me. The Geisha thing is you projecting an answer on me that I never stated. My point was relative to Ex-2, that if you ignore your husband and focus your life on being a grandma, that you may one day find that you are a grandma, but no longer a wife.

[Mears]

I’m glad you found happiness and I wish you well.

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[wardaddy]

Honestly women are never happy

[wardaddy]

Retirement will kill you

[wardaddy]

You certainly have a sense of humour about it Edgar

I see all these single men Opining

It’s about how high the horny factor runs....a horny man like me or the fortunate gent on this thread with the lovely Filipina half his age are driven for female companion ship and sex....I would imagine

I see men who don’t date and never have a woman and complain about women or not having one but nothing changes

For a reason.....

If they were horny enough for a naked female in their bed they wound have one and be realistic in their prospects about it

There is no substitute for intimacy with a decent woman.....nothing

Those of us who have them earned them

You work hard for them or you simply buy them one way or another or you earn them through love in the beginning and then you get intertwined in life and trust hopefully

Are they difficult?

F yeah!

But they are damn sure worth it

I could not and would not live without one old fool or not

The hair ...the scent.....that little transition from tummy to hip on a girl in shape....a reasonably firm ass......plump breasts

I mean geez quit bitching about them and enjoy what God created to keep us company

You get burned you get back on the damn horse

Yeehaw!

[wardaddy]

You’re my hero

My wife is younger too but not that much

Younger women rock

[wardaddy]

That’s the opposite of us

We’re at Seaside now.....that she likes

But the mountain trips out west are just me and the boys

She likes beaches and any city with a Neiman Marcus

[1Old Pro]

What’s retirement? I think it’s something only public payroll people get - before their Defined Benefits Plans go bankrupt in the next decade.

[bert]

yesterday my friend who is 80 “fell” . I think what really happened is that his heart wouldn’t pump enough to get the blood to his brain and he collapsed.

the point is, the formerlly naked women and mother of his children called the EMT’s and is by his side in the intensive care room

[wardaddy]

I hear that

My poor wife nowadays after sex first words out of her mouth is are you ok?

Born with bad heart and multiple surgeries and pacemaker can’t imagine why she feels compelled to ask....lol...bless her heart

Other than those damn irritating PVCs it’s not my heart it’s more scar tissue on my lungs having been opened up twice in my mid 40s

But hell with all that.....I ain’t giving up the fun stuff

My great great grandpa....CSA vet.....had 23 kids including 3 in his 70s with final surviving wife

His youngest just died in 2014 at 90 plus

My daddy fought at Shiloh and Vicksburg.....what a weird thing for someone alive in 2014 to be able to say

And she called him daddy.....she remembered he always let her go fetch the Bible when he would read to everyone at night

[JoeProBono]

Yes & yes ;-{)

[baltimorepoet]

When I am eventually divorced for the second (and LAST) time, I am going to stay alone, by design. I will have my video games and my garden. Maybe I’ll get a cat as a pet; they have as much loyalty as women. Maybe I’ll buy a Roxxxy female robot. At least then I can reprogram it if it malfunctions.

My answer to anyone who would suggest that I get another female for “companionship” is the same answer that retired Roman emperor Diocletian gave when asked to come out of retirement:

“If you could show the cabbage that I planted with my own hands to your emperor, he definitely wouldn’t dare suggest that I replace the peace and happiness of this place with the storms of a never-satisfied greed”

“storms of a never-satisfied greed” is a phrase that about sums up modern female hypergamy.

[Baldwin77]

You may have a problem selecting a good woman. (duh !)

Are you sure you have NO responsibility for the break-up of your relationships?

Wait till #3 realizes the clock is ticking and wants babies.

[baltimorepoet]

I grew up in the 80’s.

WOPR (from “Wargames”): “the only winning move is not to play.”

[RainMan]

Not sure what I did to deserve the personal attack.

Not that it is any of your business, but wife 1 was diagnosed as manic-depressive and multiple personalities. Even her children (who are in their late 20's now) cant be around her for more than 15 min.

Wife 2 was a very good woman ... and the crash of 2008 (lost job and could never find another), along with the death of her father and brother, caused her to lose self esteem and change the focus of her life to her grandchildren. My point in all of this is not that wife 2 was bad, it was that when she stopped being a wife, and decided that being a grandma was all she wanted, that it ended up costing her her marriage.

FWIW, wife 3 already heard the alarm go off, and threw the alarm clock across the room and said I want sleep more than kids.

[This_far]

Reminds me of Greta Garbo

[This_far]

I hope that you get to do that. I left Mass via 495 one night to NH for a year and then across the country.

No destination. Saw most of the country and visited many military museums that I’d never heard of.

Don’t lose your dream to do the same.

[Ditter]

Good to know! ; )

[sheana]

I like beaches and any city with a Nordstroms. Lol

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Suppose I could move to Thailand.

I highly recommend it. I am 60 my Thai Wife is 35, we a beautiful 2.5 year old daughter and we are contemplating trying for another child. IMHO no better time to have a child, I am not working, I have time for her.

I live in a mansion have a maid and we are deciding if maybe to try for a Gardener.

The main downside is that I have not been able to get a visa for the TW to visit the USA (which is why I am living here). However, best decision I ever made.

There is long line of women here that would love to meet a friend of mine, they constantantly ask my wife if I have any friends. PM if you want more info.