masayako,
Here goes, I’ll explain it to you like you are a 5 year old. Couple rent in neighborhood they like and want to raise their children. One year later they find house for sale around the block that they fall in love with that has huge yard by neighborhood standards (actually on a double sized lot) and buy it. One year later couple get divorced and wife (whose actually the breadwinner and I believe pays alimony to her husband) ends up with the house. She soon realizes that she cannot carry it herself and is forced to sell. Current market prices do not support what she paid for the house and she decided to try a short sale. Once sale goes through, she intends to rent in the same neighborhood and continue raising children there until she can recover from here financial situation.
You were right about one thing “Some people DO deserve to get burned for their ignorance.”. Unfortuantely, it was you this time who deserved to get burned for their ignorance.