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Originally Posted by Josy
Nice story.
She should have took the money to make the last few years of her life more comfortable though IMO, memories are with you forever not just in bricks and mortar.
Also why is this published now if she died in 2008?  |
Having just moved house - and only 6 miles from my old house - and to a nicer house in a MUCH nicer area. Down the road from a £10,000 a year private school in contrast to down the road from a playpark full of broken bottles, empty cans and sectarian graffiti... so a GOOD move away from somewhere that we hated... I can honestly say it's been horrendously stressful, I've been near breaking point 4 or 5 times. If I was in my 80's it would probably have killed me. I can fully understand her not wanting to uproot at that age - she might have been perfectly comfortable with the money and life that she had, and if so, then staying put would certainly be much more comfortable than having $1million in the bank. It's not like she'd have been jetting off to the Maldives or buying a sports car. What use is that sort of money at 84?