"My mom now has a new boyfriend who lives in a foreign country-they met online when she was on a trip to his country, and she has visited a few more times since then. Yes, it's been fast, but I'm happy for her. I haven't met him in person, but we've met on video chat. He's her age, and I don't think anything untoward is happening."
"I live in my mom's house with her, and she is leaving me the house when she dies (which we both hope will not be for a very, very long time). This is in the joint will that she and my dad had for years and years, and I also know it's what she wants. I cannot afford to live anywhere else, and this is the only safety net I have in my life."
"She insists she doesn't want to, but she has mentioned that he probably won't be able to get a visa to come to the U.S. "even for a visit" unless they were married, so I know she's thought about it. Also, she is pretty smitten with him. I could see them marrying on a spur of the moment thing, maybe. And I know this is stereotypical, but the country he comes from is poorer."
The father died after a long illness and the widowed mother has a new boyfriend from another country whom she met online and has visited several times. The child lives with the mother and is named to inherit the house in a longstanding joint will; the house is the child's only viable housing and primary safety net. The mother also has a brokerage account intended for the child. The child fears that if the mother marries the foreign boyfriend—potentially to secure a visa—his marriage or his adult children could claim a legal share of her estate, jeopardizing the inheritance.
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