Ask Amy: Retired man wants to smell, not plant, the roses
What does retirement look like for a hyper-competent drywall-hanging worker-bee? Ask your wife! (Should you take on a regular chore, like bill paying?)
Many house-proud people resist outside help. Would she be willing to hire someone to handle the mowing (or house cleaning) for a month to see how it goes?
Dear Amy: My fiancée and I are getting married this fall. We are excited, our families are excited, and our planning is chaotic but coming together.
When I learn that someone is getting married, I always congratulate them, but I’ve never asked if I was going to be invited to the wedding.
This is weird, but we’ve had several people greet our news by asking, “Are you guys going to invite me to the wedding?”
Most of these people are in our more distant circle of friends and family and a couple of them are definitely not going to be invited.
We don’t really know how to respond.
Your thoughts?
– Groom to Be
Dear Groom: Splitting hairs a bit, but “Are you going to invite me” is slightly different from “Will you invite me?” At least these people aren’t outright asking to be invited.
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