Dear Annie: My wife makes no effort to recognize my retirement or birthday
Article Excerpt: "...when I asked my wife if we could have some of my friends come for a small gathering at our house, her response was a big NO, the reason being that she had had previous parties for her parents and siblings for other occasions and didn’t feel that celebrating my retirement was necessary. At that moment, I felt totally unvalued, and I never brought the subject up again. However, it surprised me that three weeks later, my wife was the key organizer for a retirement party for a member of her church, in which I saw her put in a lot of effort and time organizing something for someone unrelated to her. ..."
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