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Originally Posted by mrsnjp
I know I'm probably asking for trouble, here...but:
I'm an under 55 wannabe (and an empty-nester). I understand that TV is a +55 lifestyle community, but it would seem that there should be a "hardship exemption" for situations such as these? Forcing the residents to sell their home because their grandchildren were orphaned in a tragic twist of fate and had no other surviving family seems a little harsh...after all, this was neither a conscious choice (but something that no one could have possibly foreseen), nor a situation any of us would ever want to find ourselves facing. I agree that rules are rules, but as my elementary school language arts teacher always told us, "For every rule, there is an exception." (IMHO)  |
I wonder what this couple decided to do...situations like this can happen where grandparents end up raising grandchildren...it happened in my own family. My paternal grandparents got custody of 3 of my cousins who were orphans, and my cousins lived with my grandparents for several years. Not a pleasant situation to think about, but people with kids should have a plan on who would raise their kids if something would happen to both parents at the same time. Now I will stop being Debbie Downer.