Sons Both Want Parents to Build Home on Their Land
Eric advises the couple to choose the offer that best fits their needs and to thank both sons for their support.
- An elderly couple must relocate closer to medical care, forcing them to choose between two sons who each offered to build a home on their respective properties.
- Leaving a beloved home creates significant emotional strain, as the parents struggle with the prospect of hurting either son, who both want to support their independence.
- Advice columnist Eric Thomas suggests thanking both sons for their offers, acknowledging that accepting both paths is impossible, and selecting the option that makes the most practical sense.
- The son not chosen can still provide vital support through company, errands, and transportation, helping the parents navigate this transition without feeling excluded from family care.
- Families should prioritize the logistics of the move, shifting focus toward this new phase of life rather than dwelling on the difficult choice between properties.
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Asking Eric: Two sons vie to house parents
Asking Eric: Our sons both want us to move in - but we can only choose one
Dear Eric: I am finding that I don’t much like getting older. My husband and I have just learned that we need to be closer to medical help, so we must sell our current home, which we love, and move.
Asking Eric: Both sons kindly offered to have us live with them. How do we choose one over the other?
Dear Eric: I am finding that I don’t much like getting older. My husband and I have just learned that we need to be closer to medical help, so we must sell our current home, which we love, and move.
Sons both want parents to build home on their land
Dear Eric: I am finding that I don't much like getting older. My husband and I have just learned that we need to be closer to medical help, so we must sell our current home, which we love, and move.
Asking Eric: I don’t much like getting older.
Dear Eric: We have two sons, both of whom we love dearly, who each want us to build a little home on their property so we can be close enough that they can help us, if necessary, but still be independent.
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