Originally Posted by NoMoreSnowForMe

All I kept thinking while reading this thread is that there are two sides to every story.

I'm wondering if you knew that the smell of lobster would drive her outside, for instance. Perhaps you both were trying to get along and try to have a nice dinner, but then you ordered something you knew would ruin her ability to enjoy the evening.

I have no idea if the reason she doesn't like to go exploring with you has anything to do with her hating to go exploring, or just

Originally Posted by Diana Holbrook

Much depends on how you intend to use it... whether you intend to get animals or farm it, or just maintain it for the sake of having it.

On our farm, we have lots of animals and fences and buildings and there's always something that needs done. It's not about how long it takes, it's a lifestyle.

On the other hand, acreage that is largely natural you may not have to do much with, unless there are trails through it you need to maintain. Nature does take things back,

Originally Posted by fluffythewondercat

It's a parent's one last chance to stick it to the scapegoat child.

Or one of the siblings has worked long and secretly through psychological manipulation to convince the parent that s/he should be appointed executor of the estate, because the other adult children are naive about investments and cannot be trusted with large sums of money.

Originally Posted by froglipz

If you have the financial means, BAIL and don't look back! I did, it was the best decision I ever made.

Originally Posted by PDD

I was in the construction business for more than 30 years and for many of those years I was making 10 times what I could have working for somebody else. But it was the same thing over and over again only in a different location. I did not look forward to going to work every day. I was 60 at the time I became disabled and because I was a hands on type of owner I chose to close my business rather than let somebody else run it. I went on disability and collected a nice check every month but I was