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"Open season on Peabodies" - I like that for some reason. Haha!
When my dad died my mother, who is blind, was left with my sister, who I already mentioned is severely handicapped. Me? I "escaped" the emotional pain (I was only 21 at the time he died) and split for NYC, where I drowned myself in sex, cocaine and rock and roll. Then, three years later, I came out of my fog just in time to discover...my mom had done a "reverse mortgage" thing and the bank was foreclosing on her house in about two weeks.
Springing into action - I was only 24 - I hired a Lawyer. My mom is blind, she signed papers without a Lawyer present, she was depressed over my Dad's death etc etc. Oh - and WHY did she get a huge reverse mortgage when my Dad had left her a house with only a $3,000 debt (it was worth $200,000 at the time)?
Medical debts. The Bastards were coming after my mom for my dad's $100,000+ past medical debts. She wasn't responsible for those debts but, under pressure, went and got this damned reverse mortgage to pay off the bills. Nice, huh?
So I sued the bastards, it took six years, and in the end we walked away from the house free-and-clear, and mom had managed to save enough over that time to move to a new and better house more suitable for her and my sister's special needs. But what a battle!
So the similarities Garce are vast (I'm 45) and while the details of course vary greatly maybe some of the emotional crap is the same. Hang in there.
PS: Dogs are God's Gift to us poor blokes down here, doggies can give you love in a way no other creature can. Woof!
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