I’m looking to gloat as well only because the Mrs. and I have been hounded for the past few years by family, friends, and realtors about not buying. Now, we can breathe a sigh of relief as that pressure is now off us. It was getting ugly there for awhile because our families could not believe that we didn’t buy earlier and were thus pressuring us to buy or else we would be priced out forever.

I never did understand how anyone could subscribe to such logic. Do they mean to suggest that you only get one shot in a lifetime to buy a house? I digress…

Anyway, the Mrs. and I always wanted kids but we both wanted to enjoy marriage first. We held off on the kids for many years so that we could travel and allow us some time to build our careers. It was a difficult balancing act because we wanted to be young enough to enjoy our kids childhood but also be mature (old) enough to have stable careers that would allow us to live comfortably (live in a nice area, save for retirement, etc.) Now that the market is “softening” it serves as validation of our discipline in not buying into the hype. I am looking forward to buying our first house in North County; we prefer the slower pace of life up here. And no I will not consider SEH because the energy bills will kill us.
“End of line.”