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[quote=Anonymous]Makes sense from their perspective. If you move with any distance between you, odds are you see them a handful of time per year from now until they die. They are willing to write a big check to see you and your children more. They are not willing to write a big check to see you in 2 to 5 day increments 50 times for the rest of their lives. Yes, your self-actualization matters but so does their self actualization. If you aren’t going to be around they may view that down payment money as their future travel costs to come see you or something of the like. FWIW, I was in the reverse of this scenario. I have the only grandchildren and my parents are 2000 miles away. I offered to buy them a place local to us (they could afford it on their own anyway). My parents ended up in a big fight over it as my dad wanted to make the move but not my mom. So they stayed put. Doesn’t mean I would be willing to buy them a place 2000 miles away. [/quote]
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