«There came a point in time when I had to say, «I'm in my mid-thirties, am I willing to wait until some of
my kids are out of the house... [to enjoy] my life to the extent I imagined I would?»»
Baby boomers (born 1946 to 1964): By now, for most of you,
the kids are out of house, and that means you can focus on retirement.
I too, am cooking solo these days as two of three
kids are out of the house.
It's a bittersweet reality that we must face, even as we joke about not being able to wait until
the kids are out of the house.
«It's a pretty small world,
the kids are out of the house, and my wife and I are flexible,» he says.
They agreed to have children together but they also agreed that their marriage would end when
the kids are out of the house (the option to stay married was there, but not the expectation).
The TT is one of several retro - styled cars to show up on the market in the past few years as many baby boomers, flush with cash now that
the kids are out of the house, look to re-create a part of their lost youth by buying cars that remind them of their formative years.
I don't have a company pension but
my kids are out of the house and my mortgage is paid off.
Introduced to the wonders of overseas trips just a few years before by Allan's parents, Donna and her husband demonstrate to their peers the world they can discover now that
their kids are out of the house.
«There will be more people divorcing after the age of 60 —
the kids are out of the house and parents are looking at each other, contemplating their retirement and one wants to travel and the other wants to stay home and knit sweaters,» he says.
Just because
the kids are out of the house and on their own, doesn't always mean that you no longer need life insurance.
Wondering if you still need life insurance once the mortgage is paid off and
the kids are out of the house?
With this method, you buy multiple policies, staggering their coverage amount and term lengths so that you aren't stuck with a policy that's more than you need once your mortgage is paid off and
the kids are out of the house.
Then, once
the kids are out of the house and you've paid off your mortgage, your expenses go back down.
If you are looking to protect yourself until
the kids are out of the house or until your mortgage is paid off, you might be better suited buying a temporary term life plan.
If you think about the situation of a 43 year old, for example, he probably only needs life insurance for about 20 years until his career is coming to a close,
the kids are out of the house, etc..
While many might think the need for life insurance goes away once
the kids are out of the house this may or may not be true.
This means you could choose to pay for, say, exactly 18 years until
your kids are out of the house.
A while back I asked what would be the best laptop for my mother who is returning to college now that all of
her kids are out of the house.
About Blog «When
the kids are out of the house» I am going to hook rugs.
I now realize why people wait until
their kids are out of the house to divorce.
Since
their kids are out of the house, they can now move into their dream neighborhood.
I have off from work all next week so I'm going to do as much as I can will
the kids are out of the house as I can.
Not exact matches
My hope
was that if it taught me something about how to raise money, that would
be good enough,» says Bergman, co-founder and CEO
of Choremonster, which has developed an app to reward
kids for helping
out around the
house.
Lower average test scores might not
be a problem if you can find
out that
kids are rapidly improving over time, making that cute
house in the cheaper part
of town not only good for your wallet, but good for your child's education too.
As you transition
out of the carefree days
of your 20s and start making major life changes — whether it
's getting married, buying a
house, or having
kids — it
's crucial to take a big - picture look at your finances.
What
's worse, investors who pulled «profits»
out of their Madoff accounts within the past six years may
be forced by the bankruptcy court to give it back — even though they may have used it to buy a
house or pay for their
kids» college tuition.
If your adult - age
kids have moved
out of the
house and you have a lot
of empty space, it might
be time to downsize.
I've joined Sleep
Out America to raise funds and awareness to help Covenant
House help more
kids — and by coming together, we'll send a powerful message
of solidarity to young people that they
are not alone.
Why
are you listening to black clerics over this issue, Blacks
are having more
kids out of wed lock than whites, they
are also like white, living in sin, but the church's say nothing about having babies without a husband or sitting in church and living in sin, talk about glass
houses, and besides the marriages
are Cival marriage not religious marriage, what a bunch
of hipocrites..
I've heard some Christians claim that their decision to forego an abortion that
's for a woman
's health, or kicking their gay
kid out of the
house were the product
of prayer, that these
were «hard answers», but still ones that required obedience because they came from God.
«People say that when she
was taking all the
kids to get them
out of the
house — they
were running without shoes, only the clothes that
were on them — she forgot the newborn baby and he
was in the cradle.
Let's go to preschool graduations and high school graduations and university graduations, and then let's stand in our empty nest
house someday and cry because it went too fast and try to figure
out the rest
of it, and then laugh because there
is still so much life ahead, who
are we
kidding?
I can't believe how many young people I know now, friends
of my own children,
kids who hang
out at our own
house, who
's hearts have
been crushed beyond recognition and sometimes I wonder beyond repair... some by their parents, some by other authorities, and some by the church.
two days later the
kid sleeping next to me pulled
out a piece
of paper, sheldon clay
was his name, and he showed me his blue print he drew,
of a new
house, with an above ground swimming pool, with a flush deck around the pool, and a privacy fence on the deck.
What if your son or daughter told you they
were gay?Would you follow your narrow - minded, religious bigotry, and curse them to hell?Or, could you find a way to change your mind and continue to love them?Would you slap your
kid in the face and kick them
out of the
house and ask your god why he
is so cruel to little - old you?Do yourself a favour and spend a moment thinking on this subject before you spout your hate - fulll nonsense again... and for crying
out loud, LAY OFF THE KFC!!
Unfortunately most pizzas that
kids are exposed to at parties or any standard gathering in western culture has possibly come
out of a cardboard box
housed in the frozen food section
of the supermarket.
Yea sometimes I feel like the minutes
are longer and my
kids won't stop fighting, and «Oh my gosh, let's just get
out of this
house and do something!!»
«My mission
is to make hemp such a common occurence that our
kids will grow up listening to us gripe about how the
kids don't respect the changes we made, while they roll their eyes, storm
out of the
house in their hemp jeans, stealing the keys to the bio-fueled car, blaring tunes while they munch on a hemp powerbar, on their way to the cafe to meet with their friends to smoke a joint, have a coffee and listen to «real, up - and - coming culture jammers, not like the ones our friggin» parents» claim to
be.»
Deb you
were NOT
kidding about the scent, My
house smells like how heaven should, As soon as it
was out of the oven I slathered a piece with raspberry jam and nutella
I can tell because all I do
is cart my
kids to and from the pool and clean up after them running in and
out of the
house all day!
I
'm so nervous for my
kids to grow up and eat me
out of house and home!!
When my
kids were little, I remember them staying in their pjs well into the morning and me planning activities to get us
out of the
house during the long and sweltering days.
Irony
is, I don't hate women in general but after dating online, you can see women who lived with their husbands until their
house was paid off or their schools loans paid and or both and then had the court take his
kids away and put his ass
out on the street as part
of a divorce settlement along with a substantial awarding
of monies.
Remember the post I wrote recently about how it
is sometimes hard to get the
kids out of the
house?
We all know the
house looks like that for all
of five minutes when the
kids were out in the yard while they took the pictures!
My SIL thinks it
's great how often I get the
kids out of the
house to do fun things.
Having both
of my
kids out of the
house 2 full school days per week
is amazing for getting me back to who I know I
am deep down underneath the layers
of «mama», which
is all I have known for the past 5 + years.
oh my gosh * sigh
of relief * thank you so much I thought I
was the only one, the
house we
are renting
is on the market and every once in a while they need to bring potential buyers to tour the home... I freak
out about my 3
kids» mess and MINE in the room.
it
is ALWAYS so much worse for them than it
is for us!!!! YET they never seem to recognize the fact that we
are running the
house and taking care
of kids while
being this sick but when it happens to them it
is expected that they
are left alone to get better and they
are ALWAYS «dying» although my husband has never used the «mutated version» comment to me either... LOVED your reaction and response... I almost just spit my drink
out reading that part!!