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How can people be so inconsiderate?

I am an accidental home owner and I don’t think anyone really knows it. When my grandpa died, his two sons were really bad in drugs and my mom didn’t want to be stuck with another house, so my grandpa wanted me to have his home when he passed. It was half mine until almost two months ago, when my grandma passed.

There is no “For Sale” sign in front of my house and I’ve been struggling to deal with her death.

Two of her sisters asked me for the house before I “lose it”. They couldn’t even show up to their own sisters funeral, or visit her as she was dying. I would rather that house burn to the ground than let them have it.


My neighbor asked me to ask my mom what she was doing with the house. I don’t think he realize I was the actual owner due to my age. Like I said, I’m grieving, this is MY HOME, there is no for sale sign. I literally live in that house. Does he want me as a roommate? I have issues with this man anyway. He hoards property in our town, which has a very low cost of living for New Jersey, just to knock down the houses and trees, to have empty, barren field. To me that is gross. NJ is an expensive place to live, and he’s taking valuable, affordable property, and doing nothing with it. He is also acting against nature by destroying our wildlife habitat. It comes off as very greedy to me. He also tried to chop down my tree my grandpa planted for me and remove my wind mill. He was friends with my grandpa, so he just pushed the windmill over (the windmill was my grandfathers, he erected it when he bought the house) and he let that one tree stay. I try to like this man, but why are you bothering me when I’m grieving and have a long history of mental illness anyway? 😭

It’s my house, it has been since I was 18. I help renovate it, I worked to pay the bills. My grandma only got a fraction of my grandfathers SSI because she was a widow under 65 (she was 64 when she passed).

There has been two other people trying to get me to sell my house but they are just random townies I couldn’t possibly care less about.

I’m just tired of being asked. I can afford the house, I have been helping to keep that house for the past 7 years. Not to sound ungrateful, but I only allowed my grandma to pay two cheaper bills and only asked for help with the taxes when I needed it.

They’re disrespecting a grieving young lady.

I also have a plan with my uncle. His alcoholism has gotten a lot better after his 3rd DUI and being sent to jail. He lost his license for 10 years but he gets them back in 2 years. He straightened up a lot, and I plan on allowing him to rent the house. $400 a month, and he only has to worry about the utilities. The $400 a month will pay off the taxes every year, with a small profit for me. The utilities are very cheap. We even have a well, so you don’t have to pay for water.

Jerks.

Rant over.
Sorry for your losses.

Very well written rant.

You might want to think about how you are going to pay for the upkeep on the property (replacing anything that wears out or breaks over time). And perhaps how you want to word the rental agreement with your uncle so that maybe he can 'help' with that expense. Or charge a little more and save it in an account just used for upkeep on the house.

FWIW: I get calls to sell my properties so often that I don't answer if I don't recognize the number and my voicemail message now says "if you are calling me to ask if I want to sell my house, call back after I die and talk to my kids. They will inherit it"
RosaMarie · 41-45, F
I'm very sorry for your losses.

About your house. You're the fucking owner. 'Nuf said. Do with the house what your want and to Hell with anyone else's thoughts on it.

Also, I call bullshit on 'accidental'. Inheritance isn't an accident. Especially since you were not the 'common' or direct choice. He gave it to you as a rational and willful act. You having your shit together earned you the house. I get that you didn't save your pennies and make the down payment. It's a blessing and an advantage that many won't get. But it wasn't an accident.
uncalled4 · 56-60, M
Very well thought out, even in the midst of grief.

 
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