I just dont’ see how slipping in a story about how easy you have it owning property and how you are about to sell while he is about to buy and he is clearly worried about the aftermath goes towards what the OP asked for.[/quote]
Sometimes, one can help people more by telling them what they need to hear, rather than what they want to hear.
Scaredycat will make up his own mind.
By the way, he is now changing the story. He is not wiping out his savings, only taking a healthy chunk out. And his stay-at-home wife is now described as a person who once commanded a $200K job offer.
