When my partner first broached the subject of her parents retiring near us, she did so in an entirely too smart way, and not only had my pal and I had an amazing afternoon together, she’d arranged for the kids to spend the evening with friends.
We had an appealing bottle of wine, cooked together and just talked out on the deck and out of the A/C.
It was extremely great. When she brought up the idea of the in-laws living right around the corner, I also believe she thought I was going to freak out maybe. But this conversation wasn’t exactly a huge surprise. I knew that her folks were sick of a winter time where they have to use a gas heater for heating, but dealing with the snow, ice, sub zero temperature and just the sheer length of that winter time was beating them down. When they came for Christmas, they consistently wanted to stay for weeks at a time. So I knew that this was something that my partner was struggling with, but my relationship with her parents is cordial although I was not their option for sure. That leaves me in a difficult spot much of the time. But it’s one thing being inside the central A/C of my dwelling for weeks at a time and living here. We talked that evening and I really did more listening than talking. My partner had found a place that they could afford. All my pal and I had to do was replace the heating, ventilation, and A/C equipment. I have an acquaintance who is an actual heating, ventilation, and A/C professional so that was no problem. In fact, when the in-laws did buy the house, the heating, ventilation, and A/C company did us such a solid with bargain basement pricing on the residential heating, ventilation, and A/C.