Brad (Caller from West Palm Beach)

Hey, Jay. Hey, Dr. John. Thank you guys so much for taking my call. And thanks to Dave Rancy for helping make us financially independent. My wife and I. Love it. We are moving into, let's call it a semi-retirement modality of life. And as part of that move, we moved down to South Florida where I used to live.

to be closer to our parents, and it has turned into an emotionally very difficult experience for me. We actually put our house, we moved out here, bought a house, put it on the market. After two months, sold it. We're now kind of in rental mode, and we're considering moving up north, kind of where we had some original desire to move to.

to be closer to our parents, and it has turned into an emotionally very difficult experience for me. We actually put our house, we moved out here, bought a house, put it on the market. After two months, sold it. We're now kind of in rental mode, and we're considering moving up north, kind of where we had some original desire to move to.

to be closer to our parents, and it has turned into an emotionally very difficult experience for me. We actually put our house, we moved out here, bought a house, put it on the market. After two months, sold it. We're now kind of in rental mode, and we're considering moving up north, kind of where we had some original desire to move to.

And I feel like I'm kind of trapped in this loop where I cannot convince myself that it's okay to do this, I feel guilty about it. What's the anchor, brother? My parents are here. My wife's parents are here. They're pretty much independent. They're all independent. My mother, she does rely on us financially. And I help her out around the house. She needs help around the house from time to time.

And I feel like I'm kind of trapped in this loop where I cannot convince myself that it's okay to do this, I feel guilty about it. What's the anchor, brother? My parents are here. My wife's parents are here. They're pretty much independent. They're all independent. My mother, she does rely on us financially. And I help her out around the house. She needs help around the house from time to time.

And I feel like I'm kind of trapped in this loop where I cannot convince myself that it's okay to do this, I feel guilty about it. What's the anchor, brother? My parents are here. My wife's parents are here. They're pretty much independent. They're all independent. My mother, she does rely on us financially. And I help her out around the house. She needs help around the house from time to time.

Yeah. I had, you know, for a long time, there was nothing I wanted to do but move back here. You know, I grew up not with a lot of money. Went off, you know, made money, became, you know, financially successful and had kind of a dream to come back here and do all these things I used to do that I couldn't do when I was a kid.

Yeah. I had, you know, for a long time, there was nothing I wanted to do but move back here. You know, I grew up not with a lot of money. Went off, you know, made money, became, you know, financially successful and had kind of a dream to come back here and do all these things I used to do that I couldn't do when I was a kid.

Yeah. I had, you know, for a long time, there was nothing I wanted to do but move back here. You know, I grew up not with a lot of money. Went off, you know, made money, became, you know, financially successful and had kind of a dream to come back here and do all these things I used to do that I couldn't do when I was a kid.

And then over the years, I kind of grew out of that need to do that and just kind of fell in love with the Northeast and Maine and Portland and that area. So this is an old dream.

And then over the years, I kind of grew out of that need to do that and just kind of fell in love with the Northeast and Maine and Portland and that area. So this is an old dream.

And then over the years, I kind of grew out of that need to do that and just kind of fell in love with the Northeast and Maine and Portland and that area. So this is an old dream.

It's right. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, it's an old dream, and living here when I was a kid was not pleasant for me for a lot of reasons. Just a lot of emotional baggage, a lot of things I kind of do and see around here that kind of remind me of stuff I don't want to be reminded of.

It's right. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, it's an old dream, and living here when I was a kid was not pleasant for me for a lot of reasons. Just a lot of emotional baggage, a lot of things I kind of do and see around here that kind of remind me of stuff I don't want to be reminded of.

It's right. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, it's an old dream, and living here when I was a kid was not pleasant for me for a lot of reasons. Just a lot of emotional baggage, a lot of things I kind of do and see around here that kind of remind me of stuff I don't want to be reminded of.

Yeah, leaving the parents. Especially my mom, who's... How old is she? Go ahead. She's 77, 78 now. You said they're independent? Yeah. So there's three sets of parents here. My wife's parents have now moved to the same town that my parents were living in. They're here. They're totally independent. My father is living here. He has Parkinson's now, but he's independent. He has a wife.

Yeah, leaving the parents. Especially my mom, who's... How old is she? Go ahead. She's 77, 78 now. You said they're independent? Yeah. So there's three sets of parents here. My wife's parents have now moved to the same town that my parents were living in. They're here. They're totally independent. My father is living here. He has Parkinson's now, but he's independent. He has a wife.

Yeah, leaving the parents. Especially my mom, who's... How old is she? Go ahead. She's 77, 78 now. You said they're independent? Yeah. So there's three sets of parents here. My wife's parents have now moved to the same town that my parents were living in. They're here. They're totally independent. My father is living here. He has Parkinson's now, but he's independent. He has a wife.

He's being taken care of. He's healthy. Mentally, he's fine. And then my mom is living by herself alone in a house that I grew up with as a kid.