@shoekitty Places you'd think would be cheap(er) aren't these days.
So my middle daughter is in the trenches for a divorce that still "evolving" after 2 years!
Hope the final 'thing' is the house. This house is in the same development where millionaires and billionaires live. Tiger Woods did have a house here, Shack O'Neill and the couple who's building the 'biggest house in America". The latter has children (twins) who are my granddaughter's best friend. They spend more time at my daughter's house than at their own. You know the scenario...mom and dad never home at their house so they come to my daughter's house.
Anyway, in order to move in there probably 6 or so years ago, they had to pay the mortgage for (are you ready for this) 1 year ahead! Yep! One year ahead.
Anyway, finally my point (I tend to ramble). So she has to move out so they can finally sell the house. She's been given 1 month to find a place in Miami where her ex-husband lives so he can be near their 3 daughters.
My other two daughters have been TRYING to help her find a place in or around there. It's crazy!
My ex-son in law is renting a house there now for $7,000 per month. My daughter only gets $8,000 per month in alimony.
Because she hasn't worked in at least 14 years and she's 45, most places there want her to pay at least 6 months in advance. I say 'her' that means 'me' because when it comes to handling money, I think she was absent that day it was taught. Ha!
I get letters, post cards, you name it ... a few times a week asking me if I'll sell my house. Some say, "as is" and some say, "full price". The house is all brick, split foyer. It's in perfect shape.
I'll probably live here as long as I can. I own it and I own my car. As I get old(er) I find it harder and harder to get up both sets of stairs. My brain says it's stupid to keep the house but I don't think I'd like living in an apartment.
My brain also says, "Go! Go! Go! and my body says, "No! No! No!
So many things I used to do (I love to paint (the kind like paint and stain walls, etc. Now my back just can't take it these days.
A lot of people are in the same situation as me. I think it's called 'downsizing'. Ha!
My son in law's brother and family lives in Silicon Valley in California. I can't imagine what they paid for their house.
I've always heard that it's the 'American Dream' for us to own our houses. What?!!! Not many can truly own their houses these days. Unless they are like me and some of you in that we built this house in the late 70's and didn't move. Sooner or later it gets paid off.
I know people who've taken the equity out of the house with 2nd and even 3rd mortgages. Crazy! But I can see if an older person needs the (cash) to live on they might do something like that.
I keep getting things from St Judes asking me to sign over to them my life insurance! Say what? Can you imagine your kids think they're getting enough money to buy a plot and take care of funeral expenses and find out the money is going to St Jude?!!
I give them money every month (automatically sent to them); but I'd never hand over my life insurance money. I'll go in the wall at Ft Myer, Arlington Cemetery where my husband is so that's free.
I think instead of busting on other women, we should each salute what they've accomplished. I'm not necessarily talking about personality, I'm talking about accomplishments.
You know as I read posts I realize we are all pretty similar in many ways. There are little nuances here and there; but similar in some ways.
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