So I am really far behind (largely due to the circumstances below), but I saw that they are indeed staying in the damned suite again!
I…………………...……ugh jesus h. christ, so I believe I have mentioned before that I have a special needs sister who has a daughter who just turned four. My parents have been retired for five years or so. Last week, they closed on a two flat (traditional Chicago brick building) for my sister/niece and my husband/I to live in so that my husband and I can kind of help care for both of them. My parents were so smart/responsible with money as I was growing up that my Dad is apparently now sitting on something of a fortune. I am SO GRATEFUL because my husband and I, despite both of us working our asses off full time would not and will never have the means to do the same. My sister’s situation would be so fucked without my parents, honestly.
They have also committed money to cover college tuition for all three of their grandchildren. People can obviously spend their money however they choose, but I am beyond grateful that my parents didn’t blow tens of thousands of dollars on vacation after vacation after vacation like this.
I hope this doesn’t come across badly, but I can’t help but mention it, due to what is going on in my immediate world right now. This money they’ve managed to save over the decades is truly changing my niece’s life.
I…………………...……ugh jesus h. christ, so I believe I have mentioned before that I have a special needs sister who has a daughter who just turned four. My parents have been retired for five years or so. Last week, they closed on a two flat (traditional Chicago brick building) for my sister/niece and my husband/I to live in so that my husband and I can kind of help care for both of them. My parents were so smart/responsible with money as I was growing up that my Dad is apparently now sitting on something of a fortune. I am SO GRATEFUL because my husband and I, despite both of us working our asses off full time would not and will never have the means to do the same. My sister’s situation would be so fucked without my parents, honestly.
They have also committed money to cover college tuition for all three of their grandchildren. People can obviously spend their money however they choose, but I am beyond grateful that my parents didn’t blow tens of thousands of dollars on vacation after vacation after vacation like this.
I hope this doesn’t come across badly, but I can’t help but mention it, due to what is going on in my immediate world right now. This money they’ve managed to save over the decades is truly changing my niece’s life.