Could you work with you landlord and ask to stay till they sell? That could bridge you till you are in a position to buy depending on how quickly they sell.
Is there any chance you could negotiate a lease with the new owners?
They're buying it to live in, the same family is buying up the whole block. Every time a house in the neighborhood is up for sale they jump on it and buy. Literally the day it went on the market I walked into the backyard and the lady who is buying it was IN THE YARD asking to come in to look at it.
Is there any town around you that's closer to his job? Did you explore through a real estate agent/online/ask around? Our LL planned to sell the place where we were living and it drove us to look around to buy and ultimately we decided to relocate because house prices were way too high in our city.
No, we are in the town in our county/area closest to his job. Anything else would be going the other direction. Or moving to the town where he works, which we don't want to do.
Post by textbookcase on May 24, 2016 11:02:19 GMT -5
HALP. I posted awhile back that I came home to a for sale sign in our yard, the landlord is selling the house. We aren't in a position to buy right now, we will be in about a year but not quite there yet. There are NOOO rentals in my town right now. There are rentals in nearby towns, but H works about hour away in another state and the nearby towns would make his commute 20-30 mins longer. We don't want to move to the town he works in. We have until July 3 to find something or we are going to have to stay with my parents until something is available. Booooo! This sucks, man.
Post by textbookcase on May 22, 2016 10:15:14 GMT -5
I have unfortunately had many. Usually take a few days to pass, but I had a large one when I was pregnant and I was admitted to the hospital for about a week while passing it because i was also having contractions. I just went through a round of stones in both kidneys in February and had to have a lithotripsy and stent put it for a few months. The pain starts as kind of a dull period cramp ache, but it progresses into horrible lower back and lower abdominal pain. Nothing relieves the pain. It's pretty awful.
Post by textbookcase on May 20, 2016 10:41:32 GMT -5
Also to make it about myself...she offered to send some stuff from her shop to the girls when we were going through a rough time. Obviously, it never came. I didn't make a big deal out of it, because free stuff. I knew she was going through some stuff and figured she was overwhelmed. Which I can understand. However, it's completely unacceptable to take someone's sentimental items for two years without sending them back. Just throw them in a box and mail them off. I hope she still has them and I hope you're able to get them back at some point.
I have trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling) which is a manifestation of OCD, and it is awful. It started when I was 9 and I pulled out all of my eyebrows and eyelashes. I was mercilessly bullied about it for years. I have been through years of therapy for it but have only succeeded in refocusing my hair pulling to more appropriate (hidden) places and also to picking at my cuticles (which ends up being to the point of bleeding). My mother has vocalized her wish that I "just stop" and I think my husband wonders why I can't as well. I have anxiety about being "called out" for it, like at a manicure. I am terrified my daughter will suffer from this compulsion too. It makes me deeply sad that my genetics exposed her to this possibility and I feel incredibly selfish for having her, knowing that she could have it too. And this is still not a terrible, life ruining form of ocd-- it is just painful and embarrassing.
I'm sorry I have dermatillomania (skin picking) and it's horrible. I was able to stop most of it through therapy but I still pick my cuticles to the point of bleeding constantly. At its worst, I picked the bottoms of my feet horribly. I could never get pedicures or anything because the bottoms of my feet were so, so bad. One of my daughters has really high anxiety and I'm scared I've passed my whack brain onto her, too.
I have OCD. I hate that it's a joke to so many people. It's exhausting, makes you feel crazy, ruins relationships, ruins sleep, ruins your health, etc. Everyone has things they do that seem strange. OCD for me isn't wondering if I left the stove on. It's taking half an hour to lock the front door or being convinced that if the dishwasher isn't loaded right, everyone will get sick from the dirty dishes and maybe even die.
YES. Counting to a certain number or eating your M&Ms in a certain order is quirk. Being worried about leaving your iron on might be general anxiety disorder. Being terrified if you don't do that you might get sick or your family might die or other irrational thoughts is OCD.
OCD is a serious mental illness that can drive people to suicide. It's just...not cute.
Amen. I have (actual, diagnosed) pure-o OCD along with ADHD and some (lots of) anxiety thrown in for good measure. I wouldn't wish any of it on my worst enemy. It is debilitating and exhausting.
Post by textbookcase on May 12, 2016 15:08:29 GMT -5
Can he come teach my mom? Thanks. I got a phone call at 7 this morning to come to her office because her new printer wasn't printing. I got there, looked at the print queue, canceled one and boom, out popped the 10 items she was trying to print. Then I had to show her how to print envelopes. Because she's finally ready to print them rather than type them up on her typewriter.
Post by textbookcase on May 10, 2016 11:15:28 GMT -5
Thank you for setting this up! I can't donate much but would love to send what I can. I have received so much love and support from you bitches, I would love to be able to pay it forward.
Lol my exbfs mom had been keeping this bamboo plant for him for his birthday. She was watering it and fertilizing it for a few months. She gave it to him on his bday and I noticed that it was plastic. Lol! The fertilizer and water had started to break down the glue or something and it was falling apart. It was hilarious.