You did great by them. Today, I was having a friendly argument with my wife's friend who stopped by. She has two sons in their mid-thirties still living at home. She was lamenting the fact that her son and his girlfriend couldn't find or afford a nice house to buy, they are looking at nice homes in tony neighborhoods. I told her they need to look where there is affordable housing, and not expect too much, but buy low, build it up, then move upwards over a period of years. That's what worked for me and my wife, our first home was a wreck but it was ours and what we could afford at the time. We put sweat equity into it and sold it for several times what we paid for it.
So our friend says we can't expect her sons to do that, they want something nice now. I said they need to sacrifice, put aside money and settle for less. She said they do. However, she mentioned that they're going to Hawaii for a vacation. And they recently got back from a Mexico vacation last year. I said that is simply not sacrificing, and that seems to be a problem with Millennials. They want all the nice stuff up front! I feel bad for my wife's friend, as she has poor health and little money, still working at 63 and supporting her two boys who pay no rent (she is long divorced). But she's a liberal, and raised them with liberal views.
“She has two sons in their mid-thirties still living at home.”
I would’ve drown them in the river, had they been mine, LOL!
You gave EXCELLENT advice that, I’m sure, fell upon DEAF EARS. :(