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Differing retirement ideas!

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kittylester Wed 13-Jun-18 08:42:34

I think AgeUk have a list of trades people that have been vetted.

Cabbie21 Wed 13-Jun-18 08:39:20

I have a similar problem but for a different reason. DH is no longer physically able to do much of the DIY he used to do. I have a list of jobs I hoped he would do in retirement.
When we tried to contact various tradesmen they were either too busy, or failed to turn up when they promised. So it is not an easy solution.

sodapop Wed 13-Jun-18 08:06:11

I agree with the other posters, pay someone to help you with cleaning, maintenance etc. Don't feel resentful just resolve the problem to allow you to have some leisure time too.
janeainsworth has a point that you and your husband need to find time for each other as well.

gillybob Wed 13-Jun-18 08:05:08

Or maybe he’s just a completely selfish old git janeainsworth maybe if he helped to look after DGS and elderly Mother in law, there would be more time to spend together (assuming of course that he wants to spend time with the OP and not just do his own thing all the time).

Looking after family is not always a choice we can make, it is often a necessity when there’s no one else to do it.

janeainsworth Wed 13-Jun-18 07:58:13

Maybe he thinks you are too busy to spend any time with him?
Presumably it’s your choice to look after your DGS and elderly mother?
There has to be some compromise in retirement if you’re not going to spend your later years just resenting each other.

sassenach512 Tue 12-Jun-18 23:59:56

Why is it that men call it nagging when all you want is a bit of co-operation and (shock horror)... help?
Stop doing all the cleaning, shopping and cooking and get yourself a hobby that takes you out of the house on the days you're not otherwise busy.
When he wends his way back from the allotment/bowling/Oxfam shop and finds no tea ready or a clean shirt waiting to slip into, he might realise the life of Riley is meant for you as well as him smile

stella1949 Tue 12-Jun-18 22:43:38

Engage a handyman to do all the jobs, then give DH the bill.

tanith Tue 12-Jun-18 22:42:19

Get someone in to do the repairs/maintenance when he starts getting bills maybe he will start pulling his weight.

Luckygirl Tue 12-Jun-18 22:32:26

Get a cleaner!

Nanna58 Tue 12-Jun-18 22:30:42

Anyone else struggling with different ideas on what retirement entails? My OH is reluctant to do any of the diy , maintenence jobs that really need doing around the house, saying “I’ve worked all my life and now intend to enjoy myself” and spends his time bowling, watching sport , at his allotment, and volunteering at the Oxfam shop, while the house disintegrates around us, I don’t really have the time to take it over, I look after our DGS 3 days a week, have a 92 yr old mother who requires a lot of help, and do the cleaning, shopping, cooking etc. Don’t know how to get him to pull his weight, he just says I’m nagging. I’m at my wits end!