SENIOR FORUM / When Grown-Up Kids Come Home
DEAR SENIOR FORUM: Considering all the things I've done over the years and all the things I've been in my life, I will be a mother longer than anything else (my husband died many years ago). And so when my 29-year-old son asked if he could move back home for awhile, I greeted him warmly on the front porch. He's been here a year and a half now. I suspect he'll move out soon. And though we've run afoul of each other occasionally in the...
Senior Forum: FAMILY TIME MUST BE RENEGOTIATED
Dear Senior Forum: We've been retired for eight years in the mountains along the Virginia-North Carolina state line. We like it here very much. But we think we will move back to northern Illinois or Indiana to be near our son and his family, and our daughter and her children, who live around Chicago.The years away from these adult children and grandchildren have, no doubt, changed the relationships. We wonder what greeting we will get if we go back. Mr. and Mrs. E. Dear Mr. and...
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`Living Trusts' vs. Wills
A NEW YORK lawyer has come to Senior Forum with a spirited defense of her profession and with some legal advice for your golden years. "It is unfortunate that many proponents of the `living trust' use the argument that numerous greedy attorneys don't favor the `living trust' because they want to probate estates. Nothing could be further from the truth," writes Sheila Lyons, an attorney and geriatric care manager.Lyons...
Senior Forum: NEW RETIREE, WIFE NEED SOME TIME TO ADJUST
To The Senior Forum: Excuse me if my letter sounds a bit pious or vain, but two years into my not-so-golden years, I have made a discovery about my wife.I grew discouraged with my wife soon after retiring. She was not the companion I expected to come home to. She refused me the warm reception I thought I was due after 47 long years of high-stress work. I retired from a career both successful and even noteworthy in my field. But she knew little of it and seemed to care less. In the previous...