Would you be pissed?

[oso]

We own two houses and had been renting one to my husband's ex. We are putting up one of the houses for sale because we just can't afford to maintain both houses right now. We decided to sell his house for a bunch of reasons, but mainly a) because it's fully landscaped and b) my house is larger and we need the space. 

So my husband met with the real estate guy today and they decided to lower the price by like $4000. He didn't even talk to me about it. It is his house, but New Mexico has co ownership laws (I can't remember what it's called) so I own 50% of it. I just really think that this is a big decision and we should have talked about it first. I was hesitant to sell the house in the first place. I see it as a long term investment. Our retirement, but if we sell it, it will help us now.

I'm mostly upset over him not talking with me about lowering the price of the house.The original price on the house was almost $20,000 more, but he bought it just before the economy   tanked. 

[charlielove]

I would be upset too. That is definitely a decision that should have been made by both of you.

[Regina Philange]

I would be annoyed but the real estate agent might have put pressure on him to lower the price. I would just express to him that you were annoyed and tell him to come to you before he makes this type of decision. I don't think it needs to turn into a brawl though.

[Deleted]

I would be upset too just because its a big decision. If its "his" property, I wouldn't care what he did, just that he didn't talk to me about it.

[skiesthelimit]

Ya I would be upset.

[shevacc]

I can understand where you're coming from and think it would've been nice for him to ask for your input first.

That said, I'm of the standpoint that if you want to sell a house, you (realtor, sellers) need to be realistic about what it will sell for. Unfortunately it has nothing to do with what it sold for at any other previous date. Nor what it previously was listed for. So if there's been no offers yet, I would consider any previous price points irrelevant.

[eav2c]

I'm with Shevacc.

I'd be grumpy about it, for sure, but 4k doesn't sound like a big deal in the big scheme of house selling so I would probably ask my H to include me in future decisions re: the house and move on for the sake of not causing a huge fight. Sorry that happened

[oso]

I'm not mad enough for a fight, we've really only have only ever had one. I am mad enough to not want to have sex with him tonight. I'm more upset with him not talking to me about it before.

[eav2c]

May 17, 2013 12:51:31 GMT -5 oso said:

I'm not mad enough for a fight, we've really only have only ever had one. I am mad enough to not want to have sex with him tonight. I'm more upset with him not talking to me about it before.

Oh, I get it. No sex. Shoot! That would be no sex for weeks!