Mondays.
[EDIT: ending the post on Tuesday since yesterday fell asleep, you get the point nvm]
Actually, I like Mondays. It's the day which my partner has more free time and since a while ago my Mondays have become my 'new' Sundays. Don't ask me why, but today I'm feeling in the mood to share a little bit about my life outside Hive, yeah, the 'real' metaverse and all that stuff.
Damn, how surrealists are becoming life those days uh?
This morning walking on the street realised this is a very important week for me & my family since it marks a very special milestone, a dream becoming true happening as soon as tomorrow. And I thought I'd like to share it and immortalise it on Hive (why not?).
I'm helping my parents to buy up a house.
Overwhelming, more so as I think about it. We sign at the notary on Wednesday.
How the decision was made?
Facts... less than 2 months ago. Having a typical Christmas meal. My parents, my siblings and I were sitting at Christmas lunch and my father was ranting about how bad is the bank's customer service and how 'elder-unfriendly' they are.
Then, we changed the subject, started talking about the rent/purchasing property dilemma and my sister asked:
-Have you ever thought about buying this apartment?
-We can't.
-Why not?
-We don't have enough.
-you got your numbers right?
Then my sister winked at me...
Maybe my brother and I can help (If he agrees, obviously).
Live footage of me & my sister blinking each other at Christmas dinner,
Ps. yeah my sister is hottie
It is worth mentioning that my parents are in a somewhat particular situation right now. They have some savings (their life savings) and a retirement pension. But they own no house and have an elderly person in a nursing home. The combined expenses between rent and support for my grandmother are wearing them down year after year, and since my father always plan years in advance, he's starting to feel slightly worried (which is a privilege indeed, lots of people living on a month to month basis).
Not by much and nothing extremely worrying in the short term, but still... my father is afraid that he won't be around in a few years and that my mother will be left in a vulnerable situation with no income and no home on her own (he is 10 years older than my mother).
(It's indeed an almost impossible scenario but this is how the human mind works, sometimes we can only foresee when things go extremely bad... when the reality is much more 'neutral').
I should also mention that my mother stopped working 30 years ago to take care of me and my siblings (and I'm eternally grateful for that) and look after the house (as my father had a very good salary enough to cover for everything).
TL;DR
We realized we had enough capital to make such a move (we're talking about paying out ~340.000€ all at once).
My father pulled out the necessary things and agreed with his sister (my aunt) to get part of the money from a hypothetical future inheritance. We could say that he cordially 'borrowed' that money from other family members.
- 2/5 was covered from my parent's life savings.
- 2/5 was covered by other family members (as I just explained, didn't want to enter into much detail).
- The last 1/5 it's covered by me and my sister.
So... after this move, my sister & I were buying up the 20% (10% each) of the house of my parents. Saving them over 8.000€ on a YEARLY basis. Truly lifechanging.
It may not seem like much for some people, but as I see it, I'm helping my parents to live a better & peaceful life, allowing them to retire to the home where they REALLY want to live.
Note to mention that my father was 'slowly' suggesting the idea to move to a 'worst' (but more affordable) place, and my mother was horrified with the whole idea. Do you imagine an adult woman (also one of the best performers as drama queens in town) yelling in Spanish? No, you don't. That's my mother LMAO.
To end
And that's it! As I said tomorrow we are going to sign papers. So tomorrow... apart from owning a little internet empire I'm buying (the 10%!) of my first property. Big things start smol!
I'm feeling... proud for me & my sister since it's a way for us of saying 'thanks for everything' to our elders. Truly it's one of my (our) best decisions ever.
Remember, If you made some wealth in crypto, it's never a bad decision to take something out of the game and 'pay yourself'.
Most important theme of this post; Take care of your parents. Trust me, it's worth it.
wholeheartedly;
-empo.
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