This seems to be becoming a trend- I know of several people who are financing/subsidizing daughters that are grown and/or are married. This seems bizarre to me, but is getting more and more common. We have a friend that purchased his daughter a house...furnished it, and still pays her bills though she is married and her husband has a decent job and she is a teacher. Wierd- just wierd!
Maybe your friend is dissipating his estate to avoid estate tax liability. Last year, my parents gave my brother and me significant amounts of money - which we did not ask for or expect - after they sold inherited property and did not want to keep the money in their estate.
Yep.
I know someone who bought their married daughter a HUGE house.
I know someone else who bought their daughter a large house in which to live ALONE while attending law school.
She could have easily lived in an apartment or condo.
The house was easily 2500 sf. and was also a historically preserved home, therefore was even more expensive.