I used to work with a woman named Delores...well, she was retired, but she was the "big guns" we pulled out when we needed to get stuff ready for students the busiest times of the year (you know, because the State was too cheap to hire enough staff and just kept bringing back the retirees short term o_O).
All things considered, I think she liked coming back in 1) for the retirement pay (Illinois did not pay their regular employees well, but state retirement pay was awesome) and 2) to socialize 3) although I'm sure she loved her hubby, it's also hard to miss someone if one never goes away XD XD The same goes for him, I'm sure he enjoyed a bit of time to self XD
Yep, I certainly understand that many people prefer retirement not to mean a hard cut after which you haven't anything to do at all anymore!
My dad is retired too, and he also occasionally does still some paid work.
My dad is retired too, and he also occasionally does still some paid work.