After the birth of our little daughter, life was quite challenging for my husband and me. We didn’t have our own apartment, both of us worked two jobs while also trying to raise the children. Despite the difficulties, we managed quite well. We were both top students, our children were well-behaved, and we made sure to spend our last pennies on them, ensuring they didn’t miss out on anything and had everything their peers did. Amidst this, we managed to save up enough money for a small apartment and eventually moved there.
Previously, we lived in rented and uncomfortable apartments. Recently, my mother passed away, and suddenly my children, a 25-year-old son and a 23-year-old daughter who also has a little daughter, ended up sharing my mother’s one-bedroom apartment. However, before her passing, they hardly communicated with her and didn’t show much interest in her life. My daughter constantly suggested that we sell my mother’s apartment and split the money between her and her brother – can you imagine?
But what about us, her parents? Didn’t we take care of their grandmother, help her as much as we could? And now you want to sell her apartment and split it in half?
On the other hand, my son wants to claim the apartment for himself. He’s tired of paying rent, and he believes the apartment is more important for him because my daughter is already married and has her own place, to which my husband and I contributed a significant sum.
We got so tired of these discussions about property division that my husband and I came up with a solution: we’re selling our current apartment, moving into my mom’s place, using the money from the sale to renovate it, buy some good appliances, and also get a newer car since ours is almost 10 years old.
This way, nobody would be offended, but after all the hard work we’ve put in, shouldn’t we be able to live our remaining years peacefully? How can they be so selfish and not think about their parents?
