Watching the responses on Penelope Trunk's (not her real name) Brazen Careerist (where career issues and life collide) I am struck by the divide between male and female responses to Penelope’s pain. July 20's "My own marriage and the myth of the stay-at-home dad" post has resonated with eighty some responses and Bob and I continued to talk about it over the weekend. Last night, sharing a pizza, we got to wondering about a related issue that’s going to be affecting the retiring baby boom generation and that issue is this:
What happens with stay-at-home-adults-who-work-together-who spend-like-three-times-the-ordinary-amount-of-time-most-couples-spend-together-and-how-do-they-get-along? and he remarked, simply, "You've got to learn how to live with one another". I'm not sure how people "learn to live with one another" (he didn't have any ideas when I pressed for more details) but there are probably handbooks out on it - any ideas? If anyone can capture this in a bottle and put it up for sale there's a big market for it out here!
The remark struck me both in its simplicity and complicity and I got to thinking that alot of approaching boomers who are about to become full-time "roommates" are going to be faced with this conundrum. Add to that the requirement that many boomers are going to continue to work out of necessity (will they be working at home? Hmmmm….)
Maureen Sharib
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