and find a different realtor, lots of houses still have only one full bath,
trust me i have been doing a LOT of looking at houses/plans...

having said that i will always contend that two full baths keeps a
relationship together through the stressful times, Lee
"W. Baker" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove > wrote:
>
> : "W. Baker" > wrote in message
> : ...
> : > Ozgirl > wrote:
> : >
> : >
> : > : "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> : > : >
> : > : > My mom doesn't shop for food. And that's a problem. What little
> food
> : > : > they do keep in the house is stuff that my dad buys. Mostly they
> go
> : > : > out to eat. And if they don't do that he gets some sort of fast
> food.
> : > : > I don't think there is any need to go out to pay bills. I have
> tried
> : > : > to get them to do this online but they just refuse to do it that
> way.
> : > : >
> : > : > Mostly if they are not going out to eat they are going to the
> casino
> : > : > in another city, to the Dr. (they have a lot of appointments
> between
> : > : > the two of them) and to the massage therapist weekly. They also
> have
> : > : > a maid who comes once a week and they refuse to be home when she
> is
> : > : > there. They also go to the movies a lot too. I honestly don't
> know
> : > : > how they afford it. We go to the movies once a month, mainly
> because
> : > : > they want to go. We can't really afford to go much more often
> than
> : > : > that. And we sure can't dine out as often as they do!
> : > : >
> : > : > I think all of their prescriptions come by mail. Not sure about
> the
> : > : > insulin. They have my dad on some other kind with meals for now.
> His
> : > : > BG was high when they admitted him but it was good before dinner
> : > : > tonight.
> : > : >
> : > : > The biggest problem is that my mom doesn't do a lot of things for
> : > : > herself. She just expects my dad to do these things for her. Or
> my
> : > : > brother. Or my nephew. And she pays him to do things for her.
> Once
> : > : > in a while she will ask me to do something for her. But I have
> the
> : > : > mindset that I will show you once, or maybe even twice how to do
> : > : > something and then you'd better be able to do it yourself! Now
> sure I
> : > : > do make exceptions. Like I know she is going blind so if it's a
> : > : > matter of having to be able to read or see something, I know she
> isn't
> : > : > capable. But there are things that to me are simple things and
> she
> : > : > refuses to learn how to do them. Like ordering stuff online. She
> has
> : > : > my dad do it for her. She did have me do it once but then she
> freaked
> : > : > when she found out how much the item cost! I had ordered this
> item
> : > : > for her before and I thought she knew that it was expensive but I
> : > : > think her memory is really going. She got very upset with me for
> : > : > ordering it. So I am really torn on this. And other things
> involving
> : > : > the computer that to me are easy to fix. She normally relies on
> my
> : > : > brother to do computer things because he is a programmer.
> : > : >
> : > : > I don't think she has ever put gas in the car, taken the car for
> : > : > maintenance or repairs. She has never assembled things nor has
> she
> : > : > tried. It is just a given that my dad will do these things for
> her.
> : > : >
> : > : > We'll see. Looks like we are not in for a good time though.
> : >
> : > : Well, it could be difficult but surely they expected there would
> come a
> : > : day?...
> : >
> : > Given this scenario , with your Mom, not likely to suddently start
> doing
> : > all these things. Is there a senior living place in the area, the
> kind
> : > where you live in an apartment and get meals and once a week cleaning
> and
> : > linen change? This migh tbe what they will have to think of, even if
> your
> : > father regains some mobility, etc. It is a big change and will,
> probably
> : > necessitate their selling their house in this bad markt or, at least
> : > renting it. Don't jump and say"never" r "they won't" etc. these
> kinds of
> : > things do become a reality after a shileunless one of you is prepared
> to
> : > have them move in with them, which can be EXTREMELY difficult.
>
> : There is one near us and they have refused to go. My mom said they can
> : never move out of their house. She isn't being reasonable on many
> fronts.
> : OTOH it is highly unlikely that their house would sell. They have 1
> 11/2
> : baths and the realtor said people do not want this. Now they want 2
> full
> : baths.
>
> : Their house is paid off. So they only pay the taxes. There is no way
> they
> : could afford rent unless they could sell the house.
>
> What I said ws they could rent the house (out to someone), thus havig
> monthly income for whatever.
>
> Wendy