As half of a young couple who is in the process of buying a home, fuck my parents and in laws. There was a time when it was a time of celebration and happiness when a young couple bought a home. The unhappy crowd that makes up my family, biological and extended has forgotten that older generations are supposed to (Are biblically commanded actually) support their children. They have labeled us 'entitled' for pointing out that their parents helped them out at every turn. My in laws in particular have taken many unkind jabs at our humble existence when they literally live in their parents basement. They would laugh themselves sick if I end up having to rent an apartment again. Cheap nursing homes for the lot of them ASAP. Edit* My realtor was lamenting the other day that he rarely sees people under the age of 40 buying homes anymore.
I have lately been working out the logistics of dealing with my parents. My mother's new husband has been suffering enough sciatica that he's been falling, never a good thing as you're touching 80. My mother gets half of my father's pension and social security; she's burned through everything else she has. We know that she's got long-term care insurance, also through the divorce, but just like the pension, it evaporates the minute my dad dies. On my mother's side, all spare money goes to two adult children in their '50s who have never been able to hold down jobs (and none to the two that do, both of whom have distanced themselves). On my father's side, all the money goes to Team GR. Although I'm pretty sure my sister still gets an allowance at 41. And I know that I've been written out of any will. It's a little galling trying to figure out how to arrange a soft landing a thousand miles away for a person who threw you across the room and left you with a permanent scar on your forehead. Nursing homes in WA state average $100k a year.Cheap nursing homes for the lot of them ASAP.