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On 5/27/2015 10:07 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
>>
>> "Janet" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> In article >, says...
>>>
>>>> I can't believe her stand (and equally idiot SF agreeing with her).
>>>> She got a very nice inheritance and she claims she got nothing for
>>>> free? What a spoiled princess. They should have willed the house to
>>>> one of her brothers instead. They would have appreciated it
>>>
>>> Stop digging that hole, Gary. You've not been here long enough to have
>>> followed the circumstances of why the house was left to Jill and not to
>>> her brothers.
>>
>> That doesn't really matter. But bottom line is that she didn't have to pay
>> for the house itself.
>
> No? All it cost her was leaving her independence, her career and
> earned income,her chosen lifestyle, to care for her sick parents in
> their own home. I'm damn sure Jill never costed that in money terms , OR
> the personal physical and emotional price of providing years of 24/7
> care for the elderly.
>
> Maybe if you'd ever made such a sacrifice for your parents you'd have
> more clue about real values; or the unseen and never complained of
> "price" that Jill paid to end up in a house and location she didn't
> choose.
>
> Janet UK
>
Thank you, Janet. That's a very nice summary. You're absolutely right.
I did not think of it as a hardship. I didn't balk when Mom finally
called and said, "I need your help." I caught the first plane out that
weekend.

I really don't understand why people want to chastise me for inheriting
a house. My mother specifically left it to me so I would live in a
nice, safe quiet place. That, I have. It's pretty, too.

Sorry, Lucretia, but I'm not interested in selling my house so I can
live in a so-called younger, more lively area.

Jill