This had me giggling a few times! Ah, the 80s and the days of itchy sweaters! 😆 Your wife certainly made both sweater and the 80s look more glamorous than most back then and is still looking pretty glam on the beach. I could only dream of ageing that well! 🤣

Looking back I don't think many of us are ever happy with how the career side of things went. It rarely ends up being what we thought it would even if it works out how we planned it. Hubby's worked his way up into high level management and wonders what it was all for. I've been relatively lucky in that we've managed to get by on one wage while I raised or girls, but now I don't know if I could ever cope in the workforce again, assuming anyone would even take me after so long out of the workforce. I did have to apply for work recently when we ended up on welfare payments and had absolutely no response from anywhere. Unskilled work often goes to younger people, because they can pay them less.

Ah well, so life goes on.