Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately, we never had kids so no help from that quarter. He has gone with me to look at 3 open houses, mostly just walked through with a bored look on his face. I've looked on the sly into places for myself if it's just me alone but those kind of places--tiniest little senior apartment I can find, I mean all I want is a small bathroom, a bed, and internet--wouldn't interest him in a million years. He says that in the unlikely event he ever agrees to move, it's going to have to big at least as big as this place (3 bdrm, 2 bath, big yard) and brand new, sigh.

I've just about given up because he always comes back with, "Look, you're not going to have to put up with this place or me for much longer. You know we don't live that long in my family, I'm on borrowed time." (And they don't, I have to admit: most don't make it into their 70s and he's 76.)