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Wife is against building our retirement home

My wife and I are in our mid 60s, retired, and financially stable. Our current home is located in a very congested area near a new huge auto plant expansion. It is also a two story home with all bedrooms on the second floor.

We have been looking to buy a home in a rural area but still near the major city we live in. The problem is we’re not finding anything that fits our wants.

I’ve suggested buying land and having a home built. But, she is totally against it based on information she got from her ex brother in law who had a bad experience 30 years ago. She is now focused on that there are to many negatives associated with building a home. I believe she is caught in a paradigm. She also suffers from not believing something I say but passing it off as fact when she hears it from someone else. lol.

How do I open her up to this option or do I abandon it myself?

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