No More Steely Grey Guy and Waspy Blond Wife Sailing

[Independent]

I think I would look into gov't subsidized housing first. I believe the rules are that your income needs to be less than 80% of the median, and your rent will be 30% of your income.

Most of these units are in buildings that are entirely older people. So you still have some possibilities for socializing.

[haha]

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Originally Posted by Independent Most of these units are in buildings that are entirely older people. So you still have some possibilities for socializing.

Unless of course you prefer las jovenes.

ha

[old woman]

My mom, brother and SIL are going to be sharing a house starting this summer or fall.
They are buying a house with three bedrooms and a bath upstairs, 2 bedrooms and 2 baths downstairs and a living room and family room and kitchen. Mom will get the two downstairs bedrooms, one bath and the living room and have her own coffee pot in the kitchen. Brother and SIL will have a business in the garage and are setting up mom with Yahoo messenger so she can invite them for tea. They will share meals or mom will go out she doesn't cook. Mom will pay her share of the housekeeper and buy some of the food.
Mom is looking forward to it, she is 81 and very lonely. My brother retired last year at 57 and has been married to his wife 40 years. His wife came up with the idea and everyone respects each other so with the kitchen being the only shared room they won't go in each other's space without being invited. Mom can have her boyfriend sleep over and have people in to play cards without interfering in their life. They aren't charging her rent or utilities so she will sell her house to their son on contract. She will collect from him and stop paying property taxes, insurance and utilities so save about $500 plus get a check for life.

[Moemg]

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Originally Posted by old woman . Mom can have her boyfriend sleep over

At 81 as Wags would say GOD BLESS !

[happy2bretired]

Remember the TV show The Golden Girls? That would be a nice arrangement. I don't know what their financial arrangement was but they did appear to live in a nice house and really had a good social network going for them.

[Donzo]

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Originally Posted by happy2bretired Remember the TV show The Golden Girls? That would be a nice arrangement. I don't know what their financial arrangement was but they did appear to live in a nice house and really had a good social network going for them.

I don't know - living with Maude might be a challenge..:ang el:

[megacorp-firee]

Sounds like a rational solution, but we Americans can't even ween ourselves off of our gas guzzlers ... (check out the morning commute and see how many 1 guy in a car are tooling along the expressway to their downtown or suburban j*bs).

IMO, our culture is one of independent indulgers. I doubt that this solution would work for even 1 month. This would be a great reality show scenario. 4 independent 'boomer roomies' at each others throats.