Dad Buying Cabin WAY UP IN the UP

Be supportive, stay in touch and let him know you love him. Get your sis to visit often as well.

You basically just described my family cabin. I personally wouldnt want to stay there all winter but there are some who do.

Buying a cabin in the woods and spending your days surrounded by nature sounds better than being a single guy in his 50s just working and sitting around the house all the time tbh. Maybe just let him make his own choices?

He's a lumberjack and he's okay…

Let him be. Go visit him once in a while. End of story.

A cabin in the woods far from any civilization.

This is where manifestos are written.

Has your mom cheated on her current husband yet? Can we get pics?

Sign me up.

50s, just spinning wheels, really. I admire the guy for doing what I'd love to, and should do right now.

Sounds like your dad is going to live the American male's dream. Good for him. You should buy some snowshoes and cross country skis and join him. I hope he has a snowmobile.

Odds are he'll get tired of it after a full winter season but that would be an awesome experience.

Sounds fun for him. He should get himself a small dog sled team.

I'm a little jelly. With global warming coming, he'll have a nice temperate place to live in a decade or two.

My dad did something similar when my mom passed away six years ago. Sold the house, bought a house in the woods (of course his was off a maintained road) and a crash pad back in the city. He loved it, but sold it last year because his knees were giving out and he couldn't handle the stairs and the 8 months of winter. Now he just rents a place for a couple months out of the year when the weather is nice. It was actually a pretty decent financial move as he sold the house in the woods for $100k more than he bought it for and his crash pad appreciated by quite a bit and he now uses for a rental property and bought another house in a desirable location for a good price. Let your dad do his own thing. There is some great fishing to be had in the upper peninsula.

Is there a question in here somewhere?

Is there a question in here somewhere?

As long as he isn't writing a manifesto or having meetings with a militia, so what if he wants to drop out and live off the grid. Some people really just need to simplify their lives to be happy. Just keep in touch to make sure there are no mental health issues. But some day you may be envious that your dad was able to walk away from it all and get back closer to nature.

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the 2nd born son wrote:

My dad I about 50 years old and has been divorced from my mom for about 10 years. She left after cheating on him and ended up marrying the guy she had the affair with. It took my dad a few years, but he started dating again. For a couple years he dated a much younger woman (about 15 years younger than him), but they broke up. He dated another women for about 5 years and they broke up for reasons I don't know. I have been working about 4 hours away and my sister is even farther away.

My dad, without talking to anyone has sold the family house and bought a cabin in the UP (upper peninsula of Michigan). The cabin he bought is way way up there and seems to be at least an hour plus from the nearest thing that might be called a town. Further, you can't even get to the cabin on the public road. You can get about 20 miles from it and then you get on a private road. The private road is NOT plowed in the winter. That road is about 50% paved and 50% gravel. The road is owned by a few people who have cabins in the area, but as near as I can tell, none of them live there year round. The others use the property for hunting/fishing etc. The property is almost impossible to get to in the winter. I am told with a snow mobile you can get there.

The cabin in very nice and he has made significant upgrades. There is a well, he has 2 generators (in case one breaks. A huge propane tank and a satellite dish. He also has an antenna that sits on a very tall metal "tower."

My dad has gotten into fishing and hunting, something he never was into before. He has also bought a few guns, hand guns as well as 2 rifles and a shotgun. He has purchased a fair amount of ammo as well.

He just announced he was moving. He is not saying we can't come visit, he is encouraging us to. He is not acting "crazy" not writing any manifestos. He is just moving to this desolate place. He plans to live there year round, stock up on supplies for the winter and just live there.

I don't even now where to begin when I talk to him. I don't even know where to begin when I type this. Part of me wants to go talk to my mom about this and get help, but that would just make him look crazy and I don't want to do that.

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the 2nd born son wrote:

My dad I about 50 years old and has been divorced from my mom for about 10 years. She left after cheating on him and ended up marrying the guy she had the affair with. It took my dad a few years, but he started dating again. For a couple years he dated a much younger woman (about 15 years younger than him), but they broke up. He dated another women for about 5 years and they broke up for reasons I don't know. I have been working about 4 hours away and my sister is even farther away.

My dad, without talking to anyone has sold the family house and bought a cabin in the UP (upper peninsula of Michigan). The cabin he bought is way way up there and seems to be at least an hour plus from the nearest thing that might be called a town. Further, you can't even get to the cabin on the public road. You can get about 20 miles from it and then you get on a private road. The private road is NOT plowed in the winter. That road is about 50% paved and 50% gravel. The road is owned by a few people who have cabins in the area, but as near as I can tell, none of them live there year round. The others use the property for hunting/fishing etc. The property is almost impossible to get to in the winter. I am told with a snow mobile you can get there.

The cabin in very nice and he has made significant upgrades. There is a well, he has 2 generators (in case one breaks. A huge propane tank and a satellite dish. He also has an antenna that sits on a very tall metal "tower."

My dad has gotten into fishing and hunting, something he never was into before. He has also bought a few guns, hand guns as well as 2 rifles and a shotgun. He has purchased a fair amount of ammo as well.

He just announced he was moving. He is not saying we can't come visit, he is encouraging us to. He is not acting "crazy" not writing any manifestos. He is just moving to this desolate place. He plans to live there year round, stock up on supplies for the winter and just live there.

I don't even now where to begin when I talk to him. I don't even know where to begin when I type this. Part of me wants to go talk to my mom about this and get help, but that would just make him look crazy and I don't want to do that.

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He’ll move away within 3 years. The UP is beautiful but it has horribly long, brutal winters and the mosquitoes are horrendous.

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How much porn did your dad fine when he sold all your furniture?