You need your family more even when you retire- Odunze Reginald

Picture credited to The Guardian

Schuller (1988:12) noted that the saddest moment he had was when he conducted a burial ceremony  as a pastor “ was a wealthy man who had no single mourner, at his funeral, his three adult sons lived in the community, but did not attend, I have never had an experience like it before , only the mortician  and I was there”

Continuing, schuller asked for an explanation, the funeral director”said all he wanted was to make more money and acquire selfish toys, he didn’t have for the children nor the wife, he had no time or money to share with the church or social charities, he hit big in the stock exchange, but he died an extremely sick and lonely man, in fact doctor say his loneliness brought about his early death”.

The above illustrations show and paint a dismal and unhappy situation, a real life situation. It all means that people do not live in isolation. People are gregarious, and naturally socially connected. The social nature starts from childhood, childhood plays, it continues in adult age during social clubs etc.

And when a man could not have the finance, and opportunity  to socialize in playing golf, travelling and the likes, it becomes important for him to have an enduring and happy family. A happy family can do a lot more in the lives of retiree, first it promotes oneness, togetherness and the ability to prolong one’s life.

In an article in Yahoo Finance captioned “7 ways to Retire happy” Mandi Woodruff observed that “Happy retirees are more likely to be married” As common as divorce is in the U.S. today, the overwhelming majority of happy retirees were married (76%) and only 9% were divorced. Less than half of unhappy retirees were married, while one-quarter were divorced, Wes Moss found. This is right on par with what past research has shown about levels of satisfaction in married and unmarried people — over the long term, married couples are much happier. It’s fairly obvious why two may be better than one in this scenario — dual incomes can make a huge difference in a couple’s financial outlook. On the flip side, divorce not only reduces both parties’ income but is also expensive to go through. 

And according to Sweeny, in her book “Another country” once a man builds a family, things will never be the same without it”

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