I am stuck. The problem is that we have a big house in a great part of town with room enough for a mother in law and an adult child. (I suppose that’s two problems.) I’m retired now for more than a year and would like to sell the house and start a new life in BC. There are a lot of things I would like to do but they are all dependent on selling the house and moving away.
The mother in law is 83 and more and more dependant on the missus. She’s Asian and has this idea that it is her right, her reward for having a child that the child will become a slave to her late in life.
The adult daughter is a little bit fragile after some sort of mental breakdown. She needs to build up resilience to deal with the world beyond a superficial level.
The missus is still working and is at that in-between stage between thinking about retirement and planning to work ‘just a couple more years.’
And I am stuck here.
I was happy in Taiwan for 6 months over the winter. I didn’t have to walk on eggshells around the daughter or avoid the kitchen when the mother in law was awake and puttering around in her duster.
My plan is to wait till the new condo in Kelowna closes, fill the back of the truck with a queen size bed, a set of table and chairs and whatever else I can fit, clothing, kitchen stuff - just the basics. We have extra everything in the basement from running the Airbnb’s and from the daughter’s failure to launch. Spend the autumn in Kelowna and then back to Taiwan.
When I get back from Taiwan, I may just go straight to Kelowna. Let these guys sort things out themselves. How’s that for a plan?
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