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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you give some examples of what they actually say? [/quote]

"What are you planning for the kitchen?" [Kitchen is fine; granite, nice cupboards, new appliances in stainless steel. Not all of it was all our pic, but no real estate agent would put it on the "must-do" list.]

"When are you going to get new carpet upstairs?"

"What color will you be painting the deck?" [Deck is in great shape and we power-wash it twice a year.]

"When you do this room, are you going to do built-in bookcases?" [In regards to the parlor, which is perfectly fine, freshly painted and nothing wrong with it at all. Apparently it's not "done" because it has a stand-alone bookcase instead of built-ins.][/quote]

This sounds like just making conversation.[/quote]

It sounds like conversation to me, too. Except it can be annoying conversation.

We have a kitchen that really does need to be renovated - our oven literally does not work and there's water damage - but we have no $$ for it yet. My mom - whom I love dearly - likes to ask about it every few weeks. "Are you thinking about redoing the kitchen yet?" "How's it going with the kitchen renovation?" I have to constantly say, "We do not have the money for it right now. I will let you know when we do." Then she always says, "Well you'll do it when you're ready!" - which for some reason gets under my skin even more than just asking in the first place.

I deal with it by snapping at her and then not thinking about it again until the next time. What else can you do? I love my mom, and I am not willing to engage in any kind of amped up fighting over her being a little insensitive when it comes to how much $ it requires to do the things we'd like to do with our house.[/quote]

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