My Wife is Controlling My Retirement

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🗓️ 9 March 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Bill's golden years aren't what he thought they'd be thanks to his wife putting the kibosh on his plans to travel during their retirement. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.3	Bill, welcome to the program.
0:13.9	Yes, hi, Dr. Laura.
0:15.0	Thanks for taking my call, longtime listener.
0:17.6	I currently live in Florida, recently retired about two years ago, and married 40 years.
0:25.8	Why? Why? Did you recently retire two years ago? I am 67. I'm 78 in a week.
0:39.6	Well, I have saved up enough money where I don't need to work. I have made a very comfortable wealth. Can you hear me? I like going back and forth.
0:51.4	Okay, so when you hear me saying something, just listen for a second,
0:54.5	then you can respond to it. You only worked for the money? I worked for enjoyment. I liked
1:03.8	what I did. Then why did you give it up? Why did you give it up? It was a time I felt like I was getting burnt out.
1:13.6	You want to go back to it?
1:19.6	I thought about it, but I don't need the money.
1:24.6	We're not talking about money.
1:26.6	Why do you keep going back to money?
1:29.9	That's not why we work. Yes, but I don't want to work my entire life. I want to enjoy
1:39.1	my fruits of the labor. Well, you're not. You have money and you have time and you're not enjoying it, which is why you're on the phone.
1:48.3	So that thinking was misplaced.
1:54.1	Well, I would like to travel, but my wife is a homebody and doesn't get out of the house as much as I would like.
2:03.7	Then travel by yourself or with a couple of guys.
2:09.0	I'll have to suggest that.
2:11.1	No, you don't suggest that.
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