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[quote=Anonymous]DH and I were the original flippers - bought a very old, positively tiny 2 BR house as newlyweds. Had 2 babies and outgrew our house. Sold to a developer, made a significant profit that we used for a down payment/bargain on a larger, newer (but still old!) fixer upper. We’re still here almost 25 years later.

Immediately, MIL set about with suggestions; we should expand this room, remove this wall, renovate/replace/improve X, Y, Z. Even family gatherings she’d rattle off her new ideas for us.

All rooted in jealously, criticism and general mean-spiritedness. Never a compliment, never the thought that maybe we couldn’t afford to fill our house with all-new furniture not the idea that we had other priorities and certainly never an offer to pay for these things she deemed so important and essential.

We are just now getting around to major renovations but I still consider this our daydream house. Has its flaws and failings with aging (don’t we all) but it’s been a comfortable if not kind of sparse place to raise a family. We plan to do some renovations that we can enjoy for a few years and then sell.

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