Hey-ho, MJ. Glad you came here, although sorry for the reason.
I can tell you why I kept my house. Like you, I have a large house and didn't want it. It's part of the reason I agreed to put it on the market. When I figured it out however, I put a stop to the marketing and sale. I'll admit I hated it for a long time. Coming home "hurt". But looking back, it was the best thing for me to really get it all out. Now I like it more than before. I'm out of the maintenance mode and into the changing it mode. To make it mine. And mine alone.
My reason for not selling it so far? I promised my kids I would not sell it until they were out of the house. My son still lives with me part time. That, and luck. But I'm grateful after all to not have sold it yet. It truly helped me to get past the ex-junk and to deal with the "ghosts" of her memory etc.
I doubt now is a good time to sell a house of that size. I'd guess that you'd want to either keep it and live in it (could be the stability your daughter needs right now) or rent it if you have to.
So I have to ask. Your first marriage? Same thing? Different experience?
AJ
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" MLK Put the glass down... "Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."
