Things I am tired of hearing
SalPal - I'm in the same boat. My retirement date is Sept 1 and I'll be driving down shortly after that. I'm moving down from Connecticut and I will be a frog!
Here are some of the comments I keep hearing from family and friends:
- You are going to be soooo bored being retired
- Florida is sooo hot in the summer you have to stay inside most of the day
- How can you move to Florida and not be near the ocean
- Of course you'll be back in CT for Thanksgiving and Christmas (why do I want to come back for snow, sleet and freezing temps?????)
- How can you move so far away from your family??? (Grandchildren can't wait to come and visit!)
I've stopped trying to explain that I will probably be so busy having fun and meeting new friends, and learning new things that I never had a chance to before. I just say you're probably right! I'll be bored and lonely......right!!!I'm sure if any of these naysayers visit, they will see what I have been trying to tell them for years. Of course, that could mean that they will want to visit more often........maybe I should rethink those invitations!!!
Kathy
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