Oh my...they live in a motorhome!
I guess the proper word is Social Stigma. How many feel it? You tell someone you live in your motorhome and you get a great sense that you just became less of a person. I have no problem with it ...
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We have family members who worry about us not having a home, a base 'in case something happens'.
As we've progressed in the full-timing life, they've mostly become more understanding. But when my Dad died last Thanksgiving, my brothers and sister tried to get me to take ownership of his home. "It won't cost you anything, and gives you some added security."
I had to sit down with them and show them actual numbers. Why taking his house would cost us a lot more money, and hurt us by moving our residence to a state where my retirement would be subject to income tax.
On the road, we run into two types of people. The vast majority find our choice a fantastic one, a great idea that they wish they could do. And they never will.
Others think we are crazy or 'poor folks who don't have a house'.
Just last weekend, two of our Good Sam chapter members sat down with us to talk about going full-time. They are very bad candidates for the lifestyle. They don't want to travel much, their health requires staying close to their doctors, they aren't willing to get far from kids/ grandkids.
My father was our greatest supporter when we sold the house and made the commitment to full-time. Once he was sure we weren't planning to move in with him, his main comment was 'wish I had done that 30 years ago'.
We found in the last couple years of his life, he got a great enjoyment out of post cards from the places we visited. Kind of brought back some memories of his younger days when people mailed postcards a lot.
As we've progressed in the full-timing life, they've mostly become more understanding. But when my Dad died last Thanksgiving, my brothers and sister tried to get me to take ownership of his home. "It won't cost you anything, and gives you some added security."
I had to sit down with them and show them actual numbers. Why taking his house would cost us a lot more money, and hurt us by moving our residence to a state where my retirement would be subject to income tax.
On the road, we run into two types of people. The vast majority find our choice a fantastic one, a great idea that they wish they could do. And they never will.
Others think we are crazy or 'poor folks who don't have a house'.
Just last weekend, two of our Good Sam chapter members sat down with us to talk about going full-time. They are very bad candidates for the lifestyle. They don't want to travel much, their health requires staying close to their doctors, they aren't willing to get far from kids/ grandkids.
My father was our greatest supporter when we sold the house and made the commitment to full-time. Once he was sure we weren't planning to move in with him, his main comment was 'wish I had done that 30 years ago'.
We found in the last couple years of his life, he got a great enjoyment out of post cards from the places we visited. Kind of brought back some memories of his younger days when people mailed postcards a lot.
