The Retired-Couple Life

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Do spouses drive each other mad when retirement gives them more togetherness than they are accustomed to? Less often than you might guess, judging by a new report from AARP The Magazine on how retirement affects couples. (The report analyzes polling data gathered in 2007 among 55-75-year-olds who are married or living as married.)

In couples where both partners are retired, 22 percent of respondents agreed that “Sometimes I get irritated that my spouse is now around me more.”

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