Promises Promises

[tillicant]

Wife has been trying to get me to retire, sell the business, auction....
Her latest:
You could go out scouting for months!
What do you think she really meant.

 

[hank4elk]

Wife has been trying to get me to retire, sell the business, auction....
Her latest:
You could go out scouting for months!
What do you think she really meant.

Hard to tell. They're crafty critters.

 

[duckhunt]

Wife has been trying to get me to retire, sell the business, auction....
Her latest:
You could go out scouting for months!
What do you think she really meant.

What she really means is you can work on projects around the house for months.

 

[hank4elk]

What she really means is you can work on projects around the house for months.

Worked for me for 20 years. I had spring fishing and fall hunting/fishing off.

 

[hank4elk]

..and a fulltime job...LOL

 

[Nick87]

Worked for me for 20 years. I had spring fishing and fall hunting/fishing off.

Same agreement here before we got married. Feb thru August I'll work on whatever you need go wherever. The rest of the time don't even ask. So far so good.

 

[rogerthat]

What she really means is you can work on projects around the house for months.

Yup

 

[Redmt]

Just remember that "Do whatever you want" DOES NOT MEAN do whatever you want. Trust me.

 

[Bob-WY]

I retired a year ago. I also got a honey do list, that a tear in I haven't finished. Then again projects on a retired schedule includes lots of golf and fishing

 

[Redmt]

Never do today what she may get tired of telling you about by the end of the week.

 

[choc dogs]

Just remember that "Do whatever you want" DOES NOT MEAN do whatever you want. Trust me.

You can still do whatever you want. She just thinks there are consequences for those actions. What’s one more divorce, in the grand scheme of things.

 

[Redmt]

You can still do whatever you want. She just thinks there are consequences for those actions. What’s one more divorce, in the grand scheme of things.

I had this one for 50 years of marriage and a few years before that. I damn sure ain't gonna break in another.

 

[junkie]

You will have time to do the projects you always wanted to do. Yeah right, it’s a TRAP

 

[Marshian]

This is probably why I’ll work part time deep into my sixties. I hate projects and would much rather just do my actual job and pay for someone else to do them.

 

[Addicting]

Wife has been trying to get me to retire, sell the business, auction....
Her latest:
You could go out scouting for months!
What do you think she really meant.

Take her up on it, if it goes south it was her idea and you get to use that till you die.

 

[Gerald Martin]

Take her up on it, if it goes south it was her idea and you get to use that till you die.

Have you gone mad? That’s only a woman thing. Men can’t pull that off.

 

[Addicting]

Have you gone mad? That’s only a woman thing. Men can’t pull that off.

@Big Fin would disagree, his deal has stood the test of time.

 

[Mountain Man]

This is probably why I’ll work part time deep into my sixties. I hate projects and would much rather just do my actual job and pay for someone else to do them.

My goal is to work from JAN-MAY when I’m “retired” for at least a few years to make some money and then be free for camping/fishing/hunting to my heart’s content. The trick is figuring out a way to do that. I’d love to position myself to be a consultant so I could pull this plan off.

 

[Dave N]

Did she up your life insurance recently?

 

[manitou1]

Wife has been trying to get me to retire, sell the business, auction....
Her latest:
You could go out scouting for months!
What do you think she really meant.

She meant exactly what my wife meant:
"I want a house slave".
A gardener, a shopper, a housekeeper, a yard mower, a dishwasher and a cook.

Miss an assignment on any list and your life is doomed.

Never, ever retire before your wife.