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Asking Eric: Friends, family feel bold enough to haggle with seniors about staying at beach house
The elderly couple faces repeated hosting demands despite limited space and health, while a family dispute grows over welcoming a relative’s abusive husband to events.
- Recently, an elderly couple, spouses ages 87 and 84, say friends and relatives requesting lodging persist despite their limited capacity in a three-bedroom condo near a popular beach.
- Emergency and event-driven requests included a relative who lost power during a storm asking to stay just until power is restored, and an old friend and his wife with advanced dementia needing wedding-related lodging.
- Police were called after an incident in which her current husband flipped out, screamed at the niece and her children, kidnapped their 2-year-old for almost a week, and she later took him back.
- Her insistence risks splitting relatives, as the niece pressures extended family members to welcome him back, while many refuse and she threatens to stay away, risking harm to an 84-year-old father.
- The columnist counsels setting firmer boundaries and recommends issuing a broad hosting-capacity declaration, supporting the niece with the National Domestic Abuse Hotline, and reminding the husband he must make amends.
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Asking Eric: We’re well into our 80s, but people think we should still host them at our beach house
Dear Eric: My spouse, 87, and I, 84, live in a three-bedroom condo near a popular beach with many attractions. When we were younger, we housed guests frequently.We cannot move from our home, and we do all our own housekeeping without outside help (which we cannot afford). We’ve tried to reduce our active living space. We are in very good shape for our ages — but still we are 87 and 84.
·Harrisburg, United States
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Asking Eric: Friends insist on visiting even though hosting is a burden
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·Baltimore, United States
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