The house is apparently priced a little too high so the estate agents emailed both of us yesterday evening.
Short email from W followed, saying:
"Did you get the email from estate agents about the house, priced too high and all that? What do you want to do about it?
[then something about her tax bill]
I have moved to [brother's house] and will be splitting my time between his and the house so that I’m closer to work and not so lonely. If you wouldn’t mind dropping in regularly to make sure things are ok with it that would be good also."
(no 'please' in the third paragraph I noticed!)
I haven't responded yet. But my response at the mo is:
First bit - easy. I'll just say "Ask her to change it to [new price] and see what happens."
Second bit - easy. I will let her know that she can just pay it whenever, doesn't matter.
Third bit - need a bit of advice on this! OK, glad she will be with family more, closer to work, and not so lonely. How often is 'regularly' to drop in to the house? Once a week? Do I need to ask her when she's planning on being at our house and when she isn't? Is it necessary for me to validate about her loneliness?
How irritating that a little email causes me such grief!
Me - 36, W - 32 No kids T - 8 yr, M - 3 yr Discovery - 14 May 2019 S - 25 May 2019 & D bomb - 29 July 2019 D & House sale final - Feb 2020