Other stories of elderly Singaporeans chased from their homes by their emerging children

A story of an elderly couple chased away from the house that they sold for free to their son brought out new stories, recently [19659003ThisafterNeeSoonRCMPMPLeeBeeWahsharedthefateofanoldercoupleonsocialmedialastTuesdayLeesharedthatthecouplewereaskedtoreleasetheapartmentthattheysoldtotheirsonforfreeoncehiswifebecamepregnantTheirsonevenrefusedtoallowhisparentstosleepinthelivingroomoftheapartment:

"A resident told me that she and her husband had sold their apartment to their son. She did not receive money from her son because she wants to help her son.

"Now, her son asked her and her husband to move because his son said his baby was coming soon. He needs the room for the baby and the pregnant woman. He also refused to let them sleep in the lobby.

"I told him that if all else failed, they could ask for a maintenance order. Many parents are reluctant to do so, but what they do not realize is that the agents will first try to reconcile them. "Share this because we can learn a lot of lessons from this episode."

The story of the elderly couple became viral this week, with several netizens urging the In the public tumult that ensued when the story gained popularity, many Singaporeans felt that the The government should put in place measures to better protect the elderly who give their homes to their children.

In the middle of the heated debate about older people being treated badly by their own children, other stories of children abusing their parents after acquiring their apartments have emerged.

Such a story was shared online by redditor, u / tehpenggao, who shared that his great-grandmother moved to the relatively young age of over 50, having been chased out of the house that she sold to her son.

u / tehpenggao shared that his great-grandmother signed his apartment to his son (the redditor's great-uncle) after he had promised that she could live with him, his wife and their children. Once the writer's grandmother signed the apartment on behalf of her son, he sold the apartment and she went to stay with him, as promised.

The elderly person's stay with his son did not last long. Her great-granddaughter shared that her great-uncle's wife chased her great-grandmother out of the house. None of the other great-grandmother's children were willing to greet him.

When the editor's uncle became furious with the way his grandmother was treated, he wanted to take her live with him. However, his uncles and aunts refused to leave him because it is "very superficial to pay attention to the younger ones".

The editor's great grandmother was left in an old house, on the pretext that would be a temporary arrangement. Too depressed to eat, she died soon after at the old

Unfortunately, her grandson who wanted to host him died a few years later from cancer

"C is what happened to my grandmother She signed her apartment to her son (my grand-uncle) and he promised that she could live in his apartment with his wife and children (she painted a happy paradise for her) He then sold his apartment.

"Shortly after, the grand-uncle's wife did not like to stay with her grandmother and chase her away. Her other children do not want to admit it (my grandmother died at age 50 and over), and she ended up hugging her and she found herself at home

" My uncle was furious and said that he would bring her to live with him … Guess what? All the great uncles said no, because "the face of throwing the younger ones to pay attention"

"Great mother died shortly in the house of the old. Apparently too depressed to eat.

"At the funeral my aunts and uncles all gave the big uncles the stinky eye. They still had to tell visitors that my great-grandmother was so lucky to have so many people and so many funerals. My mother said, well, what good is it when we do not treat her well while she was alive.

"It always drives me crazy when I think about it."

"Edit: So I asked my mother more than goddesses." She said my great-uncle bluffed my great-grandmother, that the elders were only one. temporary stay (but never intended to take it back) and my grandmother had to pay half of her own savings.

"But the grandmother uncle died of cancer a few years after the death of my great-grandmother. "

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Meanwhile, another Redditor was telling a story similar to that of a friend's mother

and wrote that the mother of his friend had sold her apartment to him. He goes to his son so that he can buy his own house, if he allows him, as well as his sister (the editor's friend), to live with him and his wife . The son willingly accepted

Unfortunately, when the friend of the writer and his mother settled with his brother, the brother's wife became abusive. Having nowhere to go, mother and daughter endured the abuse and found no help in the brother who turned a blind eye to his wife's abuse.

Eventually, when the editor's friend confronted her sister-in-law, she and her mother ended up being kicked out of the house:

"The mother of the friend sold her apartment and gave the son money to buy his own apartment.He promised that he would let the mother and my friend (the youngest single sister) live with him and his wife.

"They move in and out SIL becomes abusive. Brother is without thorns. They endure abuse for years because they have nowhere to stay. Eventually, my friend confronts SIL about the abuse and she and her mother end up being deported. "

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In another case, redditor u / GramTooNoob recounted that their aunt had shared similar experiences after transferring her apartment on behalf of her daughter and found that the attitude of her girl to her had changed

The aunt of this redditor, however, took matters into her own hands, after her daughter "started making a lot of noise" on issues like how things were arranged in the house , and bought a small apartment to avoid conflict:

one of the cases of my relative (aunt), she transferred the house to his daughter and then the attitude of the girl has totally changed. Suddenly she does not like how things are arranged in the house and started making tons of noise, until the mother fed up and bought a one-room flag with her savings to avoid conflict. "

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Meanwhile, EDGE Singapore has produced a video asking older Singaporeans that they would expect their children to take care of them in the future. their twilight years. Interestingly, many interviewees indicated that they would not expect their children to do so, some adding that they cherish their independence:

An elderly couple sells their apartment for free to their son, only to ask him to leave when his wife becomes pregnant