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At 54, we live with our adult kids and my mum - retirement is a distant dream
2025-04-19 02:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
As part of the sandwich generation, the dream of downsizing and living a quieter life has had to be put on hold When we first bought our terraced house in a London suburb in the late noughties, we had just upsized from a two-bedroom flat. Wed welcomed our first baby and the flat felt cramped and pokey. By comparison, the new home with four bedrooms, two (ish) reception rooms, spread across three floors, felt cavernous. The perfect place to raise a family.But, fast forward 20 years, and we are still here. When we bought it I hadnt thought ahead about how long wed stay, but I certainly hadnt anticipated having to accommodate my multi-generational family of five adults under this one roof (in a house meant for two adults and a couple of children at most).I spend my time daydreaming about being able to downsize, about not having to carry the burden (and cost) of being the sandwich generation caring upwards and downwards for parents and children which it feels like our living situat...
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