ABSTRACT
He thoroughly enjoyed being retired and did not miss his work. He had worked hard and worried a lot, and liked being free of all that. He thought of himself as "more mellow, more settled, and less tempted." He had some desire to travel, but did not feel really up to it. His daily round involved a lot of sitting around and watching television. He did not go to church often, because there was no transportation, although he admitted he had never gone often in the past. He liked fishing, but again there was a transportation problem. He loved his children and grandchildren and enjoyed short visits from them. He gave familistic answers on the story questions. Jones sacrificed higher pay to be with his family, and Mrs. Birch married because "no woman wants to live alone." Interviews with his children indicated that they were familistic too. One neighbor said she felt toward him as a daughter to a father. He had lived in the same house for more than twenty years, knew several neighbors, considered a few of them as friends, but did very little visiting. He did not read much and played solitaire. He did not like the noise and confusion of babysitting. He had no desire to go out much, "especially since TV." He seldom dreamed of anything in the last half of his life. He had absolutely no telephone calls.
