What r ur plans when older/home related
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We moved out of the DC area to Arizona last year (job related). We knew moving this would most likely be where we retire.
We already have one kid in college and one going in a few years (third one is way off). Our house is all one level and can fit all of our kids now so room for them to come back with families many years from now. 99% sure we won't move again but we will most likely buy another property somewhere cooler once the kids are older (less tuition payments). |
Anonymous
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My plan is to sell everything and move to live in a Marriott Residence Inn. We will earn Marriott Rewards points, which will give us better rates and free nights. We will have free breakfast, free happy hour, free house keeping, free toiletaries, towels, bed linens and complimentary coffee and tea. We will not need any appliance, no utilities and also have a full kitchen and fridge where we can stash food from the breakfast buffet.
We will have access to the swimming pool, gym, washer-dryer, and we can make friends with others like us who retire in Marriott or similar hotel chains or live in cruise ships. We will be able to host our grandkids in disney and other vacation spots and best of all we won't have to maintain a house. We can join our kids in their vacations as long as there is a marriott. We have a generous retirement and pension plan. |
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Anonymous
Downsize to enjoy urban lifestyle in a small one level condo within a short walk to metro, grocery, parks, museums, restaurants and other entertainment. I'll be joining protests and watching concerts etc. A retired life in suburbia isn't something i dream of. |
Anonymous
| Never upgrading to an even larger home - not larger than what my adult children, raising their families, live in. They should have the large home. |
Anonymous
You can have kids older and young at same time. My wife had last one 42, my mother 40 and both grandmothers around 40. One grandmother had 8 kids. She started young. You can have 8 kids and finish up young. My mom had three took a gap than four I had two took a gap then 1. You be surprised the amount of people who go for kids when clock is ticking. You can’t be 30 when you are 60. |
Anonymous
| Idk if having kids after 40 is a wise decision as it often leads to complications. |
Anonymous
The best plan ever. You should write a book about this. |
Anonymous
That’s a myth. My family tree women always had kids in their 40s for centuries. It is only a new thing have kids young in last 50-70 years. Reason is people had more kids. My great grand mother had 12 kids. My father had a picture taken when 12 was born. Only picture that exists and the 12 baby is in picture with like 20 people. The older siblings had married and some had kids. You had kids till you were no longer fertile. My grandmother had 8 and lived to 86. There is like a 25 year gap better the oldest and youngest. And back then not my family widowers remarried and also started second families. Men used to have kids in there 60s and 70s. Ben Franklin had his last kids in his 80s!!! Tony Randal 70s and Alec Baldwin we’ll that is crazy |
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We "lived in" a Residence Inn for several months when we were moving cross country and our new house was not ready, but we had to be in our new location for Dh's work. I think you have a few misconceptions. Residence Inn does not have free happy hour--that's Embassy Suites. The swimming pool is tiny and will usually be occupied with shrieking little kids whose parents are trying to wear them out before/after an all day car ride. It's not like you'll be able to swim laps or do a water aerobics class in it.. The washer-dryer will be expensive for each load. And part of your plan is to steal ("stash") food from the breakfast buffet for later use? |
Anonymous
+1 Right now our 3 kids are preschool/elementary age. We have no idea where they’ll move to, whether they’ll have children of their own, what our health/mobility will be like, etc. This is just so impossible to plan. Ideally we’ll downsize a bit, but we’re in 2,500 sq ft so it’s not like we’d be rattling around in a giant house if we do stay put. Stairs could be an issue, but we’re in a walkable close-in neighborhood so hopefully we stay in decent shape at least until our 70s/80s. I could see wanting to move somewhere warmer though because the winters here feel so long, but maybe we’ll just get a second home! |
Anonymous
Wait is that something you can actually do? |
Anonymous
| I think the Residence Inn poster was kidding. Or maybe they can clarify re: a cost of living comparision ... $300/nt ish and prices always rising |
Anonymous
| We bought our home after my husband recovered from cancer. I had accessibility in mind not knowing the future. Luckily that was 25+ years ago. All is well and our dog benefits from one level living. We've installed a ramp for the outside for her. |
Anonymous
| I will write coherent and grammatically correct sentences when I am 100. |