@firstdogonthemoon dad? He's dead, I got a tael of gold. Mum? Maybe I can get half of her Tweed Heads home.

I'm 45... I've given up

@sortius @firstdogonthemoon by the time my parents die, their aged care costs will have cost their family home...

@caity @firstdogonthemoon well, that's what happened with dad. 30+ years in the UN reduced to 37.5g of gold for 4 kids.

Cancer treatment ate up every bit of wealth he had in Thailand

@sortius @firstdogonthemoon Faaaaark.
Yeah, dunno who's getting the money, it's not ...us.

@caity well, I traveled through Vietnam with a rich dude who lived off investments for a bit, and his advice was always "long investments in health always pay off, because people always get sick and old".

That's where the money is going

@firstdogonthemoon

Uh oh. [looks over shoulder] I think I'm dad. Gulp.

@sortius @caity no inheritance for me - a certain family member's shenanigans with power of attorney ensued that they got everything beforehand.
And we don't own a house to leave...