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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They both have talked about hoping to travel...Ok, 
 so maybe they have realistically maybe eight to ten/twelve years to do that if all goes well. Statistically, traveling after he's 85 is unlikely. And then the odds are she will become his caregiver at some point. So, I just don't see the romance here and I'm not a cynic. There are also adult children to "blend" (all daughters which have been very involved with their widowed parent...so also  likely to be complicated). [b]And there's likely a lot of money involved (see Theresa's house in Shrewsbury which I'm sure is only one part of an extensive baby boomer portfolio!).[/b] I  hope she's smart enough to protect herself. [/quote]

Do you have details about her home? [/quote]

Her house in Shrewsbury IS TINY and only woth 568k. What are you talking about. My house is worth 6 times that and I'm a nobody. [/quote]

You are either uninformed or purposely feigning ignorance.

If you own a multimillion dollar home, you are far from the average American. (Who will never own even a million dollars in assets) [/quote]

I realize that.  But people are acting like she is rich because she has a 500k home. That is laughable.[/quote]

She paid 300something for it, about the same price Gerry paid for his. Leslie's condo was 250k. They're all roughly the same in terms of living standard.[/quote]

+1. Plus if it’s paid off, and if she also has, say, a $1m investment portfolio, maybe even a pension from her own or her husband’s work, she’s doing just fine. Not DCUM rich, but definitely comfortable.

Theresa is 72. She doesn’t need her assets to last for 50 more years. She probably doesn’t want the upkeep on a larger house—I don’t now my kids have fledged, and I have house cleaners and a lawn crew.  Plus she (currently) lives really close to her kids and grandkids, so she doesn’t need a lot of guest bedrooms.

Check in here when you’re 72 and tell us if you’re still ok with hiring lawn crews and house cleaners for a huge house you don’t use. Plus downsizing is a gift to your kids—my mom downsized after spending months cleaning out my grandparents’ huge house.

You people insisting a 72-year-old needs to pay DMV prices for a large house have the wrong end of the stick. [/quote]

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