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Old 08-07-2015, 09:55 AM   #21
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I agree, being bored is not an issue. Being away from wife is the issue and deal breaker for me. If its not a deal breaker for you, start packing !!
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Old 08-07-2015, 10:11 AM   #22
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Honestly, I don't think I could bring myself to leave my wife for that long. It would kill me. I'd miss her incredibly and would probably just deal with the weather.

For better , worse or bad weather.
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Old 08-07-2015, 10:20 AM   #23
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I think it would be a strain on a marriage. I agree with the previous poster, there are jobs in Florida.
Any chance for a transfer or some other option?
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Old 08-07-2015, 10:25 AM   #24
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Yes, she is a Critical Care Nurse so doing a per diem gig would be easy to find. But, not easy would be for her to leave her job here. I don't think that's an option.
I think most of you hit it on the nose. I probably would not be bored but would miss her not experiencing the things I would see and do.
I'll just have to be satisfied with waiting for her retirement and in the meantime drool over those Nomadic Fanatic vblogs on You tube.
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Old 08-07-2015, 10:36 AM   #25
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Yours is a very common problem. We have a similar dilemma. My wife is 14 years younger than me and her mother is still alive. I have been retired since 91 and she is only working 1 day a week to maintain her professional credentials. Sher is a Vascular Ultrasound Technologist.

Everything in life is a compromise. Someday we will be able to go as long as we want and until then, we are still able to travel over 100 days a year, only in 2 or 3 week increments.
I hate the hot humid summers where we live but we just bide our time and make the best of it.
The main thing is enjoy your life where ever you are.
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Old 08-07-2015, 10:52 AM   #26
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I think norty1 posted a great saying....everything in life is a compromise....and has his situation worked out well, kind of the best of both worlds. And as he said to enjoy your life wherever you are. That says it all!
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Norty1 you too!!!!!

My wife is also 14 years younger. Not an issue except for the work/retirement thing.
Yes, I truly have it made. Every weekend we camp (hike, kayak, climb, drink tons of wine and eat good.). Life is good until winter sets in.
Then, I could literally take a gun to my head.
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Old 08-07-2015, 11:23 AM   #28
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You live near one of the most premier snowmobile destinations in the USA. Have you not tried snowmobiling?
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Yup, we have a two-up. I tried, really I tried to enjoy winter. We snowshoe, X-country ski have the snowmobile but I still hate it. It's no fun dressing like the Michelin man and putting that claustrophobic helmet on only to bounce up and down on trails all the while smelling two stroke oil. No, give me a glass of wine and let me bask in the sun after a day out on the kayaks.
Now THAT’s living.
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Luckily my wife enjoys snowmobiling as much as I do and we both have no desire to move south when we retire.

I guess If I were in your shoes, I would be gone..
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Old 08-07-2015, 12:26 PM   #31
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I probably would not be bored but would miss her not experiencing the things I would see and do.
X2. You hit the nail on the head right there. Many a times, been on business trips and during the free times, I get to sightsee a bit. The most common theme on those sightseeing trips is "I wish my wife and kids were here to see and enjoy this with me..." You know what's best for both of you.
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Old 08-07-2015, 01:09 PM   #32
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33 RLDS I agree! I could never move South. I've known so many people that have done that only to return. This is beautiful up here three out of the four seasons, no crowds, clean air...
I just hate being cold the older I get. Everything hurts and I fight to keep my house warm, my truck warm and my body warm. A constant battle for a few months.
Listen to these prophetic words of wisdom from me:
The older you get the more your going to hate it. You’ll see.
Ok, I'll quit whining.
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Listen to these prophetic words of wisdom from me:
The older you get the more your going to hate it. You’ll see.
Ok, I'll quit whining.

Maybe, but at half a century I still love the winter. And I heat with wood so that means at -20 I still sleep in my underwear
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Maybe, but at half a century I still love the winter. And I heat with wood so that means at -20 I still sleep in my underwear

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Norty1 you too!!!!!

My wife is also 14 years younger. Not an issue except for the work/retirement thing.
Yes, I truly have it made. Every weekend we camp (hike, kayak, climb, drink tons of wine and eat good.). Life is good until winter sets in.
Then, I could literally take a gun to my head.
Give me a kayak in the Keys in February with a Corona or glass of wine at sunset any day of the week over a snowmobile on the best powder or best trails.
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Ottawasteve, YOU DA MAN!!!
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33 RLDS I agree! I could never move South. I've known so many people that have done that only to return. This is beautiful up here three out of the four seasons, no crowds, clean air...

I just hate being cold the older I get. Everything hurts and I fight to keep my house warm, my truck warm and my body warm. A constant battle for a few months.

Listen to these prophetic words of wisdom from me:

The older you get the more your going to hate it. You’ll see.

Ok, I'll quit whining.

I hear you. Just past 40, and I've already decided I can't stand winters anymore. Fun to visit, but not to live in!

And we're in Virginia, further north I would be going insane.
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I spend half my life away from my family with my job. We have an incredibly strong marriage. We both feel the separation helps us. When I was home for 6 months straight a few years ago healing from a work injury, we almost killed each other. However I've never been gone more than 6 weeks at a time. Its HARD! I'm generally gone 14 to 21 days at a time then home 14 to 21 days. Seperation makes the heart grow fonder but it ain't fun. When I'm off I can be found with my family. After all that's what I work so much for.

I'm with you on the winters. I work in the northeast delivery heating oil to Albany by barge. Last year was brutal and when I retire I will Never go north of Virgina ever again. I feel for you.
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I hear you. Just past 40, and I've already decided I can't stand winters anymore. Fun to visit, but not to live in!

And we're in Virginia, further north I would be going insane.
I don't even think it's fun to visit anymore.
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Virginia would be paradise to me. Ya, I've got to do something or I will go insane. I don't like the idea of being away from my wife but freezing my butt off another winter sounds even worse.
The best plan is for me to pull the TT down mid January and then return home four to six weeks later. She will fly down for a week, have a conjugal visit or two, then fly home.
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