Miranda R Waterton on Make Men Emotional Again

Working from home has changed a lot of this emotional interplay between couples. My husband (72 and presently away on business in Honolulu) pivoted to WFH for an average of 4 days a week post-COVID. He said during lockdown he didn’t miss the office, but in fact the few days he does commute really energise him. I also think it’s significant that he took up competitive running and joined a club, where he networks frequently with the sort of people he works with, only younger. When he’s WFH he checks in with me a dozen times a day. He’ll ask me about the slightest little thing. He’ll graze (he’s put on weight despite all that running). He just seems kind of lost without that regular human contact and connection. Sometimes it drives me crazy, but it’s always round about 5 days into one of his trips away that I start really missing him.