My real feelings about buying a house

[klwilliams]

http://xkcd.com/616/

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[gormflaith.livejournal.com]

There, but for the abject stupidity of the selling agent went I. Maybe it was his crafty design to make me feel more like a Grup than he?
I'm signing the second mortgage check to mail today right after I log off of here :-)

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Yes. I do so know that feeling.

[larryhammer]

Throughout the purchasing process, we kept saying to each other. "They're letting us buy a house. They're letting us buy a house. They're letting us buy a house. They're letting us buy. A house."

---L.

[mad-duchess.livejournal.com]

Grown ups are just kids with bills.

[acanthusleaf.livejournal.com]

You probably really were thinking about Batman. The guy on the other side of the desk does not care. Many times have I giggled at how these people somehow think I'm a responsible adult.

[kahnegabs.livejournal.com]

Like mad_duchess said: Grown ups are just kids with bills.

(We bought our first house when I was 20 years old. I don't think I'm any more "grown up" now than I was then. Just more tired!)

The nice thing about owning a house is that the payments can build up an equity to help you buy other things later.

[maryosmanski.livejournal.com]

31 years ago I signed my name on one of the dotted lines for the mortgage for this house. 14 years ago I signed my name on another dotted line for another mortgage for the same house (had to borrow the money to pay the ex for his half of the property).

I'm still not a grown up.

[aberwyn.livejournal.com]

This is the second house I've owned. A large part of the decor is my plush toy animal collection.

Seriously.

[aastg.livejournal.com]

(snerk) Yeah, you're a big kid now.

[maryosmanski.livejournal.com]

Isn't everyone's decor like that?

One whole side of our bedroom is taken up by the hand puppet collection (they are all animals). There must be at least a couple dozen of them, in varying sizes from "whole arm goes into the puppet" (sheep dog, bear, cow, dragon, sea serpent) to four mice worn on the fingers of one hand.

The top shelf of the hutch above my computer desk is filled with plush animals, most the size of beanie babies. Newest resident is a polar bear, the oldest in a baby tiger who came here to help me recover from the shingles 13 years ago. Plus each of our cars has a totem animal in residence.

[darcyjavanne.livejournal.com]

Yeah, anyone who thinks I'm an adult isn't paying attention!

[christymarx.livejournal.com]

LOL!

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Really, the only things that matter in a house are the plumbing, the electrical system, and the foundation. Ignore everything else and you'll be fine. In fact, ignore the foundation, too, where you are.

My cat knocked over my LEGO Eiffel Tower, but she can't knock over my house. :)