Your children will (need to) leave the house. Prepare and assist them.
Your family home will be oversized, if you can, pass it to one of the kids who needs it most.
Moderate your financial fix costs.
Get your car / bike / sailing / paragliding licence now.
You are still a player in the "looking for a partner" market, go for it now or forget about it completely.
Be really leery of anything that builds resentment. It's an insidious relationship poison.
So I dont think your snippet about that is necessarily accurate.
Your children will (need to) leave the house. Prepare and assist them.
Your family home will be oversized, if you can, pass it to one of the kids who needs it most.
Moderate your financial fix costs.
Get your car / bike / sailing / paragliding licence now.
You are still a player in the "looking for a partner" market, go for it now or forget about it completely.