A$$ here. Not trying to berate anyone. Giving OP an excused absence and offering a new interest for the kids as they get older. Still question if this is real, tho know the nightmare of “vacation” properties can be.
I’ll just a$$cuse myself. You all carry on sweetly.

Anonymous wrote:My husband’s family has a property like this that has been in the family since the Civil War. Their ancestor bought it after he returned from serving in the Confederate Army. DH told his parents they should sell it if they want to enjoy the money, because they should know that if it is passed down to him, he’s going to donate the land to an HBCU. They were furious, but haven’t sold it yet.

Tradition can be a ball and chain sometimes. Good for your DH for setting his parents straight on his intentions.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a troll.
If your kid is 12 and it’s a mower, not a tractor, they are old enough to mow.
When you’re a few years from driving, a ride-on mower is a thrill.

Who said anything about a 12-year-old?

No one. OP only said that she had been going to the IL's vacation property for 12 years and the kids were finally at the age that her DH could handle them alone.

I don’t know about you, but I dated my husband for a few years before we married, and we were married a few years before we had kids. Declaring that OP has a 12yo makes no sense whatsoever.

Exactly. Pp just wanted an excuse to berate OP and ended up looking like an a$$.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a troll.
If your kid is 12 and it’s a mower, not a tractor, they are old enough to mow.
When you’re a few years from driving, a ride-on mower is a thrill.

Who said anything about a 12-year-old?

No one. OP only said that she had been going to the IL's vacation property for 12 years and the kids were finally at the age that her DH could handle them alone.

I don’t know about you, but I dated my husband for a few years before we married, and we were married a few years before we had kids. Declaring that OP has a 12yo makes no sense whatsoever.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a troll.
If your kid is 12 and it’s a mower, not a tractor, they are old enough to mow.
When you’re a few years from driving, a ride-on mower is a thrill.

Who said anything about a 12-year-old?

No one. OP only said that she had been going to the IL's vacation property for 12 years and the kids were finally at the age that her DH could handle them alone.

My husband’s family has a property like this that has been in the family since the Civil War. Their ancestor bought it after he returned from serving in the Confederate Army. DH told his parents they should sell it if they want to enjoy the money, because they should know that if it is passed down to him, he’s going to donate the land to an HBCU. They were furious, but haven’t sold it yet.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, I know lots of people who have land in WV with a camper and they love that lifestyle. And admittedly, some are my relatives and I love that lifestyle too - but I know it’s not popular. The mowing though. I cant even imagine.

Lol. I literally cannot imagine a worse way to spend my time.

Eating out of a cooler, using an outhouse and mowing--where do I sign up?

This is why my dh and siblings hated his father's "vacation" property and he was barely in his grave when they sold it at auction.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, I know lots of people who have land in WV with a camper and they love that lifestyle. And admittedly, some are my relatives and I love that lifestyle too - but I know it’s not popular. The mowing though. I cant even imagine.

Lol. I literally cannot imagine a worse way to spend my time.

Eating out of a cooler, using an outhouse and mowing--where do I sign up?

Anonymous wrote:Ok, I know lots of people who have land in WV with a camper and they love that lifestyle. And admittedly, some are my relatives and I love that lifestyle too - but I know it’s not popular. The mowing though. I cant even imagine.

Lol. I literally cannot imagine a worse way to spend my time.

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a troll.
If your kid is 12 and it’s a mower, not a tractor, they are old enough to mow.
When you’re a few years from driving, a ride-on mower is a thrill.

Who said anything about a 12-year-old?

Sounds like a troll.
If your kid is 12 and it’s a mower, not a tractor, they are old enough to mow.
When you’re a few years from driving, a ride-on mower is a thrill.

Anonymous wrote:Where do they store these mowers?

They could probably pay a guy down the road $250 to mow once per year with his giant tractor & pull mower. Let him keep/sell the grass for feed.

They sound cheap. My MIL is like this. She and her siblings will do anything to score free services and labor. It gets really ridiculous. For the past year, she has been badgering DH and his sister to manage her rental property because she doesn’t want to pay the property management company to do it. She would expect us to do any and all repairs never paying anyone. We’ve given a United no way.

Where do they store these mowers?

They could probably pay a guy down the road $250 to mow once per year with his giant tractor & pull mower. Let him keep/sell the grass for feed.

“That” post reads more as satire than sarcasm.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, OP, not sure whether to be glad for you or disappointed you won't get your down time.

Also, I'm completely stunned by how many people didn't get the sarcasm post--and doubled down on it not being funny vs them just not getting the joke.

most people skim DCUM threads, they don't read intently expecting to have a pop quiz on the literary devices used in the posts.

They’re not claiming they missed the sarcasm because they were mere skimming and just saw certain buzzwords. They’re insisting the sarcasm was undetectable, even after a poster very kindly explained it rather that calling them dumbasses with poor reading comprehension, as so many DCUM posters would do.

NP. If the shoe fits