My husband retired just as we became empty nesters. Now we're together nearly 24/7, and it's been a strange adjustment.

The author and her husband are spending a lot of time together after retiring and becoming empty nesters. Courtesy of Susan Teresa When my husband and I became empty nesters, he retired, too. We used to have busy, individual lives, but now we are always together. It took a lot of adjustment and honest conversations, but we're learning to navigate our new normal. My husband and I have been married for 26 years, together for 32. That's more than half my life. I thought we'd experienced just about every version of our life together. Then we became empty nesters . And then my husband retired. We're now together 24/7 with nowhere else we need to be, and I realized that all these years, I'd never spent this much time with him.