[GreenLantern]

I am in a bit of pickle in this regard, my Dad always worked hard and was a single parent supporting two boys and a daughter who was semi-independent on her own. We weren't rich, but we grew up in a nice neighbourhood and I got a lot of the toys I wanted, video games all that stuff. He did not contribute a penny to my tuition, but I did get to live at home for free eating his food during my undergrad.

Shortly before I moved out, his current partner moved in. He wanted to keep her home ownership separate from his, with the argument that he has kids he needs to leave things to and she had her own house (which she still rents out) prior to moving in as well. So they figured that stuff out and that is fine, he paid for the mortgage, she covered some of the utilities. Now he is 65, struggling a bit financially as he had no pension outside of CPP. He sold off his rental property which was always the plan when he retired so he has that money but it won't be enough to keep him afloat, he will eventually have to sell his house to.. but the problem is he doesn't want to. He built that house himself literally with his own two hands and he loves it. So I would like to be able to help him out a bit financially to stay there (not so much today, but a few years down the road). My problem is that his partner only works maybe 10 or 15 hours a week, she has her own business, and then just sits around playing video games or watching TV the rest of the time while my Dad is still out busting his ass working every day. So it pains me to support her habits, but it pains me more to watch my Dad struggle, especially with stress being a huge drain on his health.

This is a woman who has basically just made her life out of getting by on the minimum.