First, CONGRATS!! I did not know about the fiancé bit! Soon I'll have to welcome you to the club! A bit of advice: don't take advice from people on the Internet, even if they have been happily married for 21 years.
(Seriously, the only "secret" I have is that we talk to each other and don't let things build to breaking if we can help it. Most of our big fights came because we quit talking about something.)
Second, I feel you on the house bit. I bought my first one about 19 years ago. Then, a year and a half ago we upgraded. Houses suck. Pretty much each one I have known about (from growing up, to owning two, to watching my friends own them) has had some sort of problems. Mostly, it is whether or not the problems can be dealt with. We had water in our basement early in the last house. So, I spent many hours and much work on landscaping and repairing the concrete slab such that I was comfortable finishing the basement. Within the first year of owning the current house, we had hail damage causing the replacement of all of our siding (did you know the deductible was 4% of the value of the house, not the value of the damage? Me neither.) We also had to replace the water heater and softener. We chose to replace the crappy toilets.
That said, I am so glad to have more space for our kids and my stuff. As much of a pain the house has been, the positives truly outweigh the negatives. Good luck on your situation! I hope all works out so that you can be happy with your decision!
Third, when are we going to throw you your bachelor party?
william-james88 wrote:Also be weary of hope in this hobby. Hope is just undiscovered disappointment.
My nephew wrote:Bacon is meat candy.
Agamemnon, barebacked rider of flying robo-dragon, and not often constipated either...
(I answer to Ag or Ags. Agamemnon is too long to type. Plus, there is something elemental about calling me Ag.
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Ima going back a couple pages and see what I missed...)
