We'll have to count ourselves among "the young at heart" since this summer, both myself and my husband turn 60! We have an adult son with Down syndrome who is 27 years old and is still at home with us. We have 2 larger dogs, both seniors, and a grumpy old guinea pig. Yes, it would be sort of a circus on wheels! One and half years ago, we bought a too large house but had so many plans of traveling locally and slightly extended travel but then, my husband's employer changed all that. A couple of times in the past, we have lived full-time in, once a TT and once a 5th wheel (owned a total of 8 RVs, currently a pop-up but looking for other) while my husband worked for a federal contractor. Most of the employers are extremely demanding now and being debt-free and more than capable of living frugally, we're gearing up to just drive away once the house sells.
It confuses me that when we were in our 30's, every one discouraged us from just taking the "leap" as we were living in snowbird country, AZ. We got endless advice on how to live our life not only from our neighbors but from the forums that we visited. Truly, the last thing we were looking for was being "parented". So, years later, we are getting the same thing, being "parented". Good grief, how old does one have to be in order to be considered capable of looking after themselves? We pursue a healthy lifestyle and consider preventive medical care to be a healthy diet and exercise. We are debt-free which most of those that are attempting to "parent" us are not. We don't mind advice, but gee! Once we were relocating to NC and my husband's sister "forbid" him to move there because of hurricanes! We ignored the "forbidding".
There is a difference between giving a helping hand and giving an uninvited shove in a direction where the recipient has no intention of going.
Would love to see this group heartily revived because there is a definite need there.
All our best, Al, Cathy, Andrew, Rinnie, Yellow Dog and Sparky!