Airene,

I am going on 37 years of marriage and have 2 grown adult children. My husband retired almost 4 years ago. We were living in a small town home, downsized after the kids moved on. As I felt more and more “alone” the small space became unbearable. We have now moved into a larger home. We both have space of our own. This has helped me immensely! But my husband insisted he did not need the space and tells people that we moved because we didn’t have enough room for the “kids” to come and stay if they moved out of town (there was a slight possibility that my daughter and son-in-law might get transferred). So he has never acknowledged what I needed from him…space…and why.

Terry