On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 17:50:29 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:

>On Monday, December 28, 2020 at 7:04:28 PM UTC-6, Master Bruce wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 16:56:11 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >We're buying a house for my son. It's only $85K. We have to be the
>> >borrowers, and can't even have my son on the mortgage at all because he
>> >doesn't have 2 years of steady income. He'll be making the payments. It
>> >won't cost us anything, but we'll be solely responsible for the loan. No
>> >worries. That kid will be outearning me pretty soon. He figures he'll be
>> >living there for 2 or 3 years, and by then he'll have sufficient demonstrable
>> >income to buy a house that he really wants, and can keep that one as a
>> >rental property. It's not in one of those tiny municipalities (like Bel Nor),
>> >but in University City, about 12 minutes from here in light traffic.
>> >
>> >What's a trip is that when he emailed some of his friends about the house,
>> >it turns out that one of his friends lived in that very house when he was a
>> >small child.
>> >
>> >We're not spending a penny of our own money on the house, but merely
>> >guaranteeing the loan. The one thing that the house doesn't have is a
>> >washer/dryer, and for a move-in present (he doesn't know this yet), we
>> >are going to buy him a nice Speed Queen washer, and a cheap ass dryer.
>> >
>> >He mentioned that he'll be having us over for dinner often, and I'm sure
>> >he'll be coming over here for dinner often as well. This is a nice transition
>> >to him moving out. He's fiercely independent. A lot of kids go though a
>> >stage where they want little to do with parents for several years, whether
>> >that's going away to college or just moving out. He established his
>> >autonomy earlier, doing his own laundry, buying his own clothes, etc.
>> >while he was still in high school, and it's already like he's a fully adult
>> >child in many ways.
>> >
>> >Truth be told, my only disappointment with him is his politics, which is
>> >decidedly libertarian compared to his parents. That's not going to go
>> >away, maybe not ever, but he's his own person, and I never wanted a
>> >clone of myself.
>
>> Libertarian is non-religious right-wing?
>>
>Pretty much, though he's not extreme, just not as lefty as me, and certainly
>not as much as my wife. He's not a kook, and doesn't deny climate change,
>or hold any beliefs that contradict science.

As long as he didn't vote for the Orange Man Child.