OMG! Your h complaining about his dumpy house immediately reminded me of my H complaining about the stinky dorm room to which HE keeps moving back! The poor guys have no idea they are just re-arranging the chairs on the Titanic.

As for the stove, I vote you go for the deal! A) it benefits you and B) it benefits your son. I agree that stovetop may not be safe. Once it's cracked, who knows how it will react to heat! I know you don't want to help him fix that place up, but he'll probably do it anyway and then you miss out on the deal. Just my two cents.

Interesting that he just hung out and lounged . . .

Me 41, H 47, M 15 yrs, S11, S13
BD 1: 11/4/14 we work on it; really I pretzel myself
BD 2: 3/31/15 H goes down to "dorm room"
8/15: H back to MBR
10/15: H back in dorm room
1/18: H files, now divorced