my mom thinks the house we want to buy is too small. she doesn't appreciate that this house will work for us b/c the builder will take the financing back for a while, until we can get... (more)
everything in order (not a common situation). We have had a tough time financially, and this house is a responsible, manageable purchase. Can someone here help me get excited? Tough to do so w/o her approval/support. Yes, I know that I'm being childish, but we've never bought a house before and I just hoped that she would be someone I could call and chat with about what we could do in this room or that, etc.
posted May 11th, 2010 at 9:43am in Toddler
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- "mom this is what we can afford right now,it is the right decision for us, please get excited because you are ruining this for me" 5-11-2010 9:43am
- Your mom is a tool. Tell her to pony up the difference in cost. 5-11-2010 9:44am
- YES! I concur! FIL thought the house we bought was a big mistake. He's eating crow now. 5-11-2010 9:46am
- honestly, I tend to listen to my parents when it comes to stuff like this. 5-11-2010 9:44am
- she probably 100 percent right 5-11-2010 9:44am
- that a 3000 sq ft house is too small? 5-11-2010 9:45am
- np: that's way bigger than my house! I think you're doing the responsible thing. 5-11-2010 9:47am
- she honestly thinks my step dc are a horrible influence on my little ones and wants a house where they can have lots of separate space... I agree that this might be ideal, but they're...(more) 5-11-2010 9:49am part of our family and we need to continue to integrate them and bend them toward being better and better influences
- I think you're doing the right thing and you have valid reasons to be doing so. Your mom is a party pooper and just should keep her mouth shut 5-11-2010 9:51am
- thanks 5-11-2010 9:52am
- yw :) 5-11-2010 9:53am
- thanks 5-11-2010 9:52am
- I think you're doing the right thing and you have valid reasons to be doing so. Your mom is a party pooper and just should keep her mouth shut 5-11-2010 9:51am
- she honestly thinks my step dc are a horrible influence on my little ones and wants a house where they can have lots of separate space... I agree that this might be ideal, but they're...(more) 5-11-2010 9:49am
- She is not saying a 3K sft house is too small -- do you have five kids? 5-11-2010 9:48am
- yes, in fact. 4 bedrooms. it's more than fine. we're even going to divide one for the two older dc, so it's like they each have a little dorm room for privacy 5-11-2010 9:49am
- 5 kids and you two and some are bad influences? 5-11-2010 9:50am
- yes, and I desperately wish that their mother loved them and wanted to raise them or that we had known that she'd peace out on them before we started our family or something like this,...(more) 5-11-2010 9:52am
- 5 kids and you two and some are bad influences? 5-11-2010 9:50am
- yes, in fact. 4 bedrooms. it's more than fine. we're even going to divide one for the two older dc, so it's like they each have a little dorm room for privacy 5-11-2010 9:49am
- np: that's way bigger than my house! I think you're doing the responsible thing. 5-11-2010 9:47am
- that they would be more comfortable in a bigger house? sure. But they can't afford it. 5-11-2010 9:45am
- we could maybe afford a bigger house that wasn't as nice, but isn't it my prerogative to decide what makes ME happy in a house? having a giant piece of crap that costs $$$ to heat and...(more) 5-11-2010 9:47am
- that a 3000 sq ft house is too small? 5-11-2010 9:45am
- If you can only buy a small house with weird financing, just wait. 5-11-2010 9:45am
- no, we need to go ahead and buy a house. this is a great opportunity. it has 4 bedrooms. it's fine. she seems to think we can choose from 100 houses on the market, but she isn't being...(more) 5-11-2010 9:46am
- Be excited that you've grown up to be a responsible adult. You'll own your home rather than the home owning you. That's a great feeling 5-11-2010 9:46am
- What does 'take financing back' mean? Sounds dangerous and theres some fine print in there and youll get screwed. 5-11-2010 9:47am
- LOL. no, it's common. 5-11-2010 9:47am
- ^^common enough that we're very comfortable. 5-11-2010 9:47am
- ok, that's what all those people with ARMs and interest only financing said. What can go wrong? 5-11-2010 9:49am
- yep! 5-11-2010 9:50am
- OK, those people didn't know what the hell they were doing. we do. 5-11-2010 9:50am
- this just made my day. awesome. 5-11-2010 9:51am
- LOL. no, it's common. 5-11-2010 9:47am
- tell her exactly this...you are an adult 5-11-2010 9:49am
- I don't even want to talk to her about it! I'll tell her at some point, "oh, we're moving next weekend..." and that will be IT. When I told her that there were 4bdr, she got ...(more) 5-11-2010 9:51am almost attacking me about how it just won't work and there are 100 houses available and what are we thinking?!
- wth is her problem???? She needs to back off 5-11-2010 9:54am
- I don't even want to talk to her about it! I'll tell her at some point, "oh, we're moving next weekend..." and that will be IT. When I told her that there were 4bdr, she got ...(more) 5-11-2010 9:51am