Help me out with this decision
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 2:37 pm
I’ve been debating with myself whether I should ask this question on here but I’m going to go ahead and do it anyway.
I’ve been given the opportunity to live rent free for the foreseeable future. Basically, my parents are getting up there in age, they need help around the house and with doctors appointments, etc.
My dad, although he’s in his 70s already is planning on retiring in the next few years (probably 3). He likes to work and me and my mom both think that he’s afraid to retire because he’ll be bored. My mom is bored out of her mind since her retirement. She wants to have kids in the house again.
They’ll probably sell the house when my dad retires and move either back home to Armenia or maybe buy a lake house, IDK yet, they’re still debating that.
They have this huge 5 bedroom house, so me and my boys will all have our own rooms, we’ll pretty much just take over the entire 2nd floor of the house.
I will continue working, saving up all my money and paying for my own schooling out of pocket during this time. I’m not going to tell how much I’ll be able to save but it’ll be enough to put down a sizeable down payment on a house, plus have quite a bit for a nest egg.
It sounds great on paper, but to me all I see is me sacrificing my freedom and independence. But then at the same time I see that the sacrifice now will ensure my freedom in the future.
So what would you do?
I’ve been given the opportunity to live rent free for the foreseeable future. Basically, my parents are getting up there in age, they need help around the house and with doctors appointments, etc.
My dad, although he’s in his 70s already is planning on retiring in the next few years (probably 3). He likes to work and me and my mom both think that he’s afraid to retire because he’ll be bored. My mom is bored out of her mind since her retirement. She wants to have kids in the house again.
They’ll probably sell the house when my dad retires and move either back home to Armenia or maybe buy a lake house, IDK yet, they’re still debating that.
They have this huge 5 bedroom house, so me and my boys will all have our own rooms, we’ll pretty much just take over the entire 2nd floor of the house.
I will continue working, saving up all my money and paying for my own schooling out of pocket during this time. I’m not going to tell how much I’ll be able to save but it’ll be enough to put down a sizeable down payment on a house, plus have quite a bit for a nest egg.
It sounds great on paper, but to me all I see is me sacrificing my freedom and independence. But then at the same time I see that the sacrifice now will ensure my freedom in the future.
So what would you do?