Hi everyone[blink]
This is a bit of an odd post which may seem out of place until I get to the point at the end so bear with me.
My mum rang tonight from England to announce that she will be re-marrying before Christmas – Brilliant – Congratulations in order one would assume! The courtship has been going on between 2 countries for a good 6 – 8 months & she is incredibly happy. There is just one tiny thing which is a little unusual & that is the age difference – in fact the incredibly large age difference – in actual fact the 50 year age difference! Mum is 80 & toyboy is 30 which after getting used to the idea that he would probably be a bit too young to be my toyboy I kind of got used to. In my opinion if she can get a bit of mileage out of him at her age well why not? She has always been a bit of a party animal even 10 years ago when she took me to surfers & she was the one dancing on the tables! (the only one actually) So this is my problem – Mum is a wealthy widow with lots of family inheritance resting on her shoulders & we are always hearing the kind of stories you know I am thinking about right now, hopefully she will organise a pre nuptial to protect herself. She has been welcomed into the very large family with open arms & they would appear to be wealthy in their own rights although toyboy is a musician with periodic holiday season work & not well off himself. Bear with me I am getting to the part someone may be able to help with! Apparently toy boys dad has given him a bit of the family owned land & mum is going to fund the building of a house on it (see we are getting there) He has told mum that if she gives him the money to have the house built it will only cost 20 English Pounds whereas if she were arranging it herself as a foreigner it would cost 60 Pounds. So first of all can anyone tell me if that would be true of an ousider building a home in Tunisia & second of all is there a culture where such a huge age difference would be acceptable to a whole family of Grandmas, sisters etc etc. If a house ever gets built then I have no problem with mum spending the twilight years with him & him winding up with the house when she pops her clogs it would be worth her happiness. Hell maybe I could take over where she leaves off he looks pretty hot to me! Unfortunately it just seems all too suspicious – maybe I need a private detective to check him out!
Comments & help please & try to keep it clean.
Thanks
SparkyHiya Sparky,
It’ll be clean – don’t worry.
Despite our multicultural society here in Oz, I believe you are asking a really detailed question on a very, very specific point of law.
First question – I may be wrong, but I’d be surprised if we have anyone on the forum who is an expert on Tunisian property construction laws as pertaining to foreign nationals injecting funds and the tenure and future rights of said funds ?? [blink]
As to the second cultural question, maybe a trip down to the local Tunisian embassy (is there such a thing ??) might be your best best.
Maybe this one deserves the attention of a specialist lawyer.
Cheers,
Dazzling
“No point having a cake if you can’t eat it.”
Sparky,
I have no formal qualifications to answer your questions with authority. I do feel however, that in any country, a foreigner probably wouldn’t have to pay three times as much to get a house built than a local, if they had local help and knowledge. This is totally separate to ownership issues, etc where the cost will be different, if ownership is even allowable.
I’d be getting a lawyer, getting quotes from a builder in Tunisia and hiring a private investigator.
Sorry to add fuel to the suspicions. I genuinely admire your mother’s vitality!
Munjy
Rather unusual post was this like in a chick mag recently cause i read about some relationship like the one you just described i think it was womans weekly something like that anyway sounds like a gold digger to me
my advise is go with the private dectective thing
r.wilson
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