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[quote=masayako]Let me guess… You are Asian?

[quote=ninaprincess]I have been in the US half of my life but one thing I still don’t understand it that many American parents kick their children out of the house. Initially I heard people talking about it and I thought they were joking. I brought this up because I just read an article in yahoo about a 23 yr old homeless girl who was kicked out of the parents’ house.

My parents hated that we moved out of the house. They won’t take my money when I stayed with them. My mom would do wash my clothes and clean my room eventhough I told her not too. This is the same case for all of my cousins.[/quote][/quote]

This is true of other nationalities as well. I know some in Eastern Europe that are exactly like that and are totally shocked at this “American way”….:)

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Good point, Cognitive… This is another aspect that has to be accounted for too. Things have changed for kids today compared to when we were kids, and not for the best… I am not saying it justifies their attitude about living with their parents, but it helps explaining it. And not sure I am blaming them.

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Good point, Cognitive… This is another aspect that has to be accounted for too. Things have changed for kids today compared to when we were kids, and not for the best… I am not saying it justifies their attitude about living with their parents, but it helps explaining it. And not sure I am blaming them.

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Good point, Cognitive… This is another aspect that has to be accounted for too. Things have changed for kids today compared to when we were kids, and not for the best… I am not saying it justifies their attitude about living with their parents, but it helps explaining it. And not sure I am blaming them.

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Good point, Cognitive… This is another aspect that has to be accounted for too. Things have changed for kids today compared to when we were kids, and not for the best… I am not saying it justifies their attitude about living with their parents, but it helps explaining it. And not sure I am blaming them.

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Good point, Cognitive… This is another aspect that has to be accounted for too. Things have changed for kids today compared to when we were kids, and not for the best… I am not saying it justifies their attitude about living with their parents, but it helps explaining it. And not sure I am blaming them.

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Well said, TG. I second that. very good points.
I have a coworker recently divorced with a 3 yr old son, he initially wanted to keep their old place (she moved to be closer to work); turned out he felt much better after he moved.

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Well said, TG. I second that. very good points.
I have a coworker recently divorced with a 3 yr old son, he initially wanted to keep their old place (she moved to be closer to work); turned out he felt much better after he moved.

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Well said, TG. I second that. very good points.
I have a coworker recently divorced with a 3 yr old son, he initially wanted to keep their old place (she moved to be closer to work); turned out he felt much better after he moved.

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Well said, TG. I second that. very good points.
I have a coworker recently divorced with a 3 yr old son, he initially wanted to keep their old place (she moved to be closer to work); turned out he felt much better after he moved.

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Well said, TG. I second that. very good points.
I have a coworker recently divorced with a 3 yr old son, he initially wanted to keep their old place (she moved to be closer to work); turned out he felt much better after he moved.

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[quote=bearishgurl][quote=frenchlambda]The problem is that at the time of divorce, there was only $10K of equity in the house (appraised value: $340K; balance on the loans: $330K). In other words, pretty much my entire contribution to the down-payment disappeared in the loss of value of the property after 5 years.
All that I got was the right to keep the little of equity in the condo.[/quote]

In essence, what you did here was agree to pay back the $200K (half of which was your ex’s debt) for $10K in “equity.” This is not even enough to pay a RE commission to a broker to sell it![/quote]

That’s how it seemed to me and doesn’t make any sense at all.

I say, let the condo go to foreclosure. Stop paying them. MUCH better to have a clean slate.

The child is very young, she will adapt easily and she will forget about it.

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[quote=bearishgurl][quote=frenchlambda]The problem is that at the time of divorce, there was only $10K of equity in the house (appraised value: $340K; balance on the loans: $330K). In other words, pretty much my entire contribution to the down-payment disappeared in the loss of value of the property after 5 years.
All that I got was the right to keep the little of equity in the condo.[/quote]

In essence, what you did here was agree to pay back the $200K (half of which was your ex’s debt) for $10K in “equity.” This is not even enough to pay a RE commission to a broker to sell it![/quote]

That’s how it seemed to me and doesn’t make any sense at all.

I say, let the condo go to foreclosure. Stop paying them. MUCH better to have a clean slate.

The child is very young, she will adapt easily and she will forget about it.

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[quote=bearishgurl][quote=frenchlambda]The problem is that at the time of divorce, there was only $10K of equity in the house (appraised value: $340K; balance on the loans: $330K). In other words, pretty much my entire contribution to the down-payment disappeared in the loss of value of the property after 5 years.
All that I got was the right to keep the little of equity in the condo.[/quote]

In essence, what you did here was agree to pay back the $200K (half of which was your ex’s debt) for $10K in “equity.” This is not even enough to pay a RE commission to a broker to sell it![/quote]

That’s how it seemed to me and doesn’t make any sense at all.

I say, let the condo go to foreclosure. Stop paying them. MUCH better to have a clean slate.

The child is very young, she will adapt easily and she will forget about it.

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[quote=bearishgurl][quote=frenchlambda]The problem is that at the time of divorce, there was only $10K of equity in the house (appraised value: $340K; balance on the loans: $330K). In other words, pretty much my entire contribution to the down-payment disappeared in the loss of value of the property after 5 years.
All that I got was the right to keep the little of equity in the condo.[/quote]

In essence, what you did here was agree to pay back the $200K (half of which was your ex’s debt) for $10K in “equity.” This is not even enough to pay a RE commission to a broker to sell it![/quote]

That’s how it seemed to me and doesn’t make any sense at all.

I say, let the condo go to foreclosure. Stop paying them. MUCH better to have a clean slate.

The child is very young, she will adapt easily and she will forget about it.

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