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Anonymous wrote:Well I'm married with two kids. Bought condo when I thought prices were really, really low in 2006. Who knew the bottom was about to fall out. So here I sit with my family of four in a 2 br, 970 sq. ft. apartment. I cannot stand it. My DH refuses to plan financially and save. So not only do I hate where I live but I resent him. Now that the recession is over I'm doing everything I can to save my pennies. But my career has taken a hit due to kids so it will be like 30 years before I have enough to move on. Yeah me!!

Oh please. I bought a condo in 2006 that went way, way below asking price.

If the asking price was ridiculously high like they all were at that time that does not mean much.

Nope. Original asking was not unreasonable. This was December of 06 and prices were down. They just were.

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Anonymous wrote:Well I'm married with two kids. Bought condo when I thought prices were really, really low in 2006. Who knew the bottom was about to fall out. So here I sit with my family of four in a 2 br, 970 sq. ft. apartment. I cannot stand it. My DH refuses to plan financially and save. So not only do I hate where I live but I resent him. Now that the recession is over I'm doing everything I can to save my pennies. But my career has taken a hit due to kids so it will be like 30 years before I have enough to move on. Yeah me!!

Oh please. I bought a condo in 2006 that went way, way below asking price.

If the asking price was ridiculously high like they all were at that time that does not mean much.

We lived in a condo for years and loved it. But it does depend on neighbors. We had dream ones for awhile, then they sold and the new owners rented out the units. Suddenly I was surrounded by loud music, smoking on the balconies, bicycles left in the hallways...

We did move on to a single family and it's nice to not have to deal with that anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Well I'm married with two kids. Bought condo when I thought prices were really, really low in 2006. Who knew the bottom was about to fall out. So here I sit with my family of four in a 2 br, 970 sq. ft. apartment. I cannot stand it. My DH refuses to plan financially and save. So not only do I hate where I live but I resent him. Now that the recession is over I'm doing everything I can to save my pennies. But my career has taken a hit due to kids so it will be like 30 years before I have enough to move on. Yeah me!!

Oh please. I bought a condo in 2006 that went way, way below asking price.

Thanks.

I probably could afford a condo. But.....I really want a house. Which I can't afford. So I'm not sure if it's better to keep renting, or go ahead and buy a condo.

On the bright side, at least you know you are only renting and can easily get away from the stuff that bothers you. You could end up buying and have the same issues - noise (which we have, from construction just a few feet away and the neighbors' incredibly annoying dog), smoke (like we had from the neighbors in my previous townhouse), cookie-cutter plans (like the fact that half the colonials in Arlington have the exact same floorplan.)

Just saying. If you had bought, you could be annoyed by all the same stuff and you'd be locked in, plus paying for everything that breaks. Hang in there.

Anonymous wrote:Op here. I guess I should have added, do others feel this way? I'm one person, I don't need a house. So I feel whiny complaining about it. But maybe lots of people outgrow apartment living?

I guess it also gets emotionally tied up in wanting to be married. If married, with two incomes, I could swing a house maybe, or at least a semidetached. But I know that's not a good reason to get married. I'm dating someone now and could marry him, but I'm not sure yet we are right for each other, and this desire to just be settled is making me wish I was sure he was the one.

No, I don't feel like that. I have a condo and I love it.

You have a roof over your head and your own money in your pocket. Sounds like you are doing ok.

Op here. I guess I should have added, do others feel this way? I'm one person, I don't need a house. So I feel whiny complaining about it. But maybe lots of people outgrow apartment living?

I guess it also gets emotionally tied up in wanting to be married. If married, with two incomes, I could swing a house maybe, or at least a semidetached. But I know that's not a good reason to get married. I'm dating someone now and could marry him, but I'm not sure yet we are right for each other, and this desire to just be settled is making me wish I was sure he was the one.

Anonymous wrote:Well I'm married with two kids. Bought condo when I thought prices were really, really low in 2006. Who knew the bottom was about to fall out. So here I sit with my family of four in a 2 br, 970 sq. ft. apartment. I cannot stand it. My DH refuses to plan financially and save. So not only do I hate where I live but I resent him. Now that the recession is over I'm doing everything I can to save my pennies. But my career has taken a hit due to kids so it will be like 30 years before I have enough to move on. Yeah me!!

Yeah OP and condos are no better. People downstairs smoke and have dogs that never shut up. You really do need a house to get away from it all.

Anonymous wrote:And? What is your point?

I'm tired of plenty of things. Should I start listing them here?

This pp is shitting on all kinds of threads tonight!

We are moving out of state to get the house we want.

Well I'm married with two kids. Bought condo when I thought prices were really, really low in 2006. Who knew the bottom was about to fall out. So here I sit with my family of four in a 2 br, 970 sq. ft. apartment. I cannot stand it. My DH refuses to plan financially and save. So not only do I hate where I live but I resent him. Now that the recession is over I'm doing everything I can to save my pennies. But my career has taken a hit due to kids so it will be like 30 years before I have enough to move on. Yeah me!!

Anonymous wrote:And? What is your point?

I'm tired of plenty of things. Should I start listing them here?

Way to be sympathetic, pp. Is it that hard to hold back on the DCUM snark for just a few minutes? Let people vent!

And? What is your point?

I'm tired of plenty of things. Should I start listing them here?

Noise. Other people's cigarette smokes. Cookie cutter design.

I grew up in single family homes with big yards so I guess I'm spoiled.

I'm just tired of it.

Nowhere near being able to afford a house. Ever. Unless I get married and thus have two incomes to rely on.