Feeling guilty about the kids is normal and also a trap. Children are very effective at making adults feel responsible for situations the adults did not create. The kids did not make these plans. The adults did. The kids are just the reason the adults felt comfortable making them without asking.
The real twist, though, is that she almost never tells her family anything about her finances specifically because this is what happens. She got excited, made one exception, and her first home became a group project before the ink was dry. The lesson here is not that she was wrong to buy a house. The lesson is that some news travels faster than your ability to say no, and by the time you find out what people have planned for your life they are already asking about parking.
Author: Kayitsi.com
