 (Nick Galifianakis for The Post) | Dear Carolyn: I am a woman of 50 in a relationship with a man of 70. We love spending time together, and the relationship is very fulfilling. He is retired and has quite a bit of time. I still have kids at home and work full time. My life is pretty busy. For the past year and a half, he has spent about five nights a week at my house. That time together is wonderful. I still have time with my kids before he comes over. He also helps me out with things on occasion. Before we got together, I would spend those evenings doing my housework and my hobbies. Now, I don't feel as if I have that time. This is stressing me out. I don't want to give up my time with him; it's valuable and beautiful. But I would like to live together. It would allow us to share responsibilities and allow me to have time with him and still have a clean house and hobbies. Right now, my only hobby is him, and I need a bit more than that. The two nights a week he isn't here, I pack in some quick cleaning and relaxation. He isn't interested in living together. He likes his house and his life and just wants things to continue the way they are. He gets to spend the days when I am working cleaning and doing his hobbies, so it works well for him. I'm looking for an option other than spending less time with him, and I'm just not seeing it, so I'm hoping someone outside the situation sees something I'm missing. — Too Little Time | 
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