Dear Queenie,
My husband and I are both retired. My problem is that all he wants to do is hang around the house and watch TV and make fun of me. I worked full-time for many years and raised our children and kept up the house, but nothing I do is good enough and if I disagree with him it ends up in an argument. He’s very pleasant to everybody when we are in public, but at home he’s very different.
Queenie, what do you suggest?—Angry wife
Dear Wife,
Some men get depressed after they retire because they start feeling useless. Try to get him active in senior citizens groups, community service organisations. and/or other volunteer service groups. As usual, I also suggest professional counselling, if you can get him to go.
