Is buying a house like getting married?

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I have to disagree w/some of what TG said. I have seen photos of houses on line and then gone to see the place in person and many times they were deceiving. Photos taken from the most extreme corners or outside the doors to make the rooms look bigger at certain angles. The descriptions are often overly exaggerated. Heck, didn’t we have a thread that listed the realtor-speak, like “cozy” really meant “tiny” and “fixer” often meant “tear down” and “diamond in the rough” mean it was still in the coal stages.

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I like the French way of looking at marriage.

A former president kept a mistress for many years and nobody cared.

I think that buying a house is easier on your checkbook than getting married.

It remains unclear whether the idea of a civil union, called a pacte civil de solidarité, or PACS, has responded to a shift in social attitudes or caused one. But it has proved remarkably well suited to France and its particularities about marriage, divorce, religion and taxes — and it can be dissolved with just a registered letter.

“We’re the generation of divorced parents,” explained Maud Hugot, 32, an aide at the Health Ministry who signed a PACS with her girlfriend, Nathalie Mondot, 33, this year. Expressing a view that researchers say is becoming commonplace among same-sex couples and heterosexuals alike, she added, “The notion of eternal marriage has grown obsolete.”

[briansd1]

I like the French way of looking at marriage.

A former president kept a mistress for many years and nobody cared.

I think that buying a house is easier on your checkbook than getting married.

It remains unclear whether the idea of a civil union, called a pacte civil de solidarité, or PACS, has responded to a shift in social attitudes or caused one. But it has proved remarkably well suited to France and its particularities about marriage, divorce, religion and taxes — and it can be dissolved with just a registered letter.

“We’re the generation of divorced parents,” explained Maud Hugot, 32, an aide at the Health Ministry who signed a PACS with her girlfriend, Nathalie Mondot, 33, this year. Expressing a view that researchers say is becoming commonplace among same-sex couples and heterosexuals alike, she added, “The notion of eternal marriage has grown obsolete.”

[briansd1]

I like the French way of looking at marriage.

A former president kept a mistress for many years and nobody cared.

I think that buying a house is easier on your checkbook than getting married.

It remains unclear whether the idea of a civil union, called a pacte civil de solidarité, or PACS, has responded to a shift in social attitudes or caused one. But it has proved remarkably well suited to France and its particularities about marriage, divorce, religion and taxes — and it can be dissolved with just a registered letter.

“We’re the generation of divorced parents,” explained Maud Hugot, 32, an aide at the Health Ministry who signed a PACS with her girlfriend, Nathalie Mondot, 33, this year. Expressing a view that researchers say is becoming commonplace among same-sex couples and heterosexuals alike, she added, “The notion of eternal marriage has grown obsolete.”

[briansd1]

I like the French way of looking at marriage.

A former president kept a mistress for many years and nobody cared.

I think that buying a house is easier on your checkbook than getting married.

It remains unclear whether the idea of a civil union, called a pacte civil de solidarité, or PACS, has responded to a shift in social attitudes or caused one. But it has proved remarkably well suited to France and its particularities about marriage, divorce, religion and taxes — and it can be dissolved with just a registered letter.

“We’re the generation of divorced parents,” explained Maud Hugot, 32, an aide at the Health Ministry who signed a PACS with her girlfriend, Nathalie Mondot, 33, this year. Expressing a view that researchers say is becoming commonplace among same-sex couples and heterosexuals alike, she added, “The notion of eternal marriage has grown obsolete.”

[briansd1]

I like the French way of looking at marriage.

A former president kept a mistress for many years and nobody cared.

I think that buying a house is easier on your checkbook than getting married.

It remains unclear whether the idea of a civil union, called a pacte civil de solidarité, or PACS, has responded to a shift in social attitudes or caused one. But it has proved remarkably well suited to France and its particularities about marriage, divorce, religion and taxes — and it can be dissolved with just a registered letter.

“We’re the generation of divorced parents,” explained Maud Hugot, 32, an aide at the Health Ministry who signed a PACS with her girlfriend, Nathalie Mondot, 33, this year. Expressing a view that researchers say is becoming commonplace among same-sex couples and heterosexuals alike, she added, “The notion of eternal marriage has grown obsolete.”

[AK]

I love my house, though if pressed I’ll admit I settled for the best I could do given my income and condition 🙂

I went into the transaction thinking I could change it to suit my needs. In the end my house will probably wear me down. And others express their admiration and even envy, but they’ll never know how much work goes into the relationship!

Oh yeah, the older generation isn’t that crazy about the color scheme and orientation. Try as I might, I can’t convince them that times have changed.

[AK]

I love my house, though if pressed I’ll admit I settled for the best I could do given my income and condition 🙂

I went into the transaction thinking I could change it to suit my needs. In the end my house will probably wear me down. And others express their admiration and even envy, but they’ll never know how much work goes into the relationship!

Oh yeah, the older generation isn’t that crazy about the color scheme and orientation. Try as I might, I can’t convince them that times have changed.

[AK]

I love my house, though if pressed I’ll admit I settled for the best I could do given my income and condition 🙂

I went into the transaction thinking I could change it to suit my needs. In the end my house will probably wear me down. And others express their admiration and even envy, but they’ll never know how much work goes into the relationship!

Oh yeah, the older generation isn’t that crazy about the color scheme and orientation. Try as I might, I can’t convince them that times have changed.

[AK]

I love my house, though if pressed I’ll admit I settled for the best I could do given my income and condition 🙂

I went into the transaction thinking I could change it to suit my needs. In the end my house will probably wear me down. And others express their admiration and even envy, but they’ll never know how much work goes into the relationship!

Oh yeah, the older generation isn’t that crazy about the color scheme and orientation. Try as I might, I can’t convince them that times have changed.

[AK]

I love my house, though if pressed I’ll admit I settled for the best I could do given my income and condition 🙂

I went into the transaction thinking I could change it to suit my needs. In the end my house will probably wear me down. And others express their admiration and even envy, but they’ll never know how much work goes into the relationship!

Oh yeah, the older generation isn’t that crazy about the color scheme and orientation. Try as I might, I can’t convince them that times have changed.

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Poo was handled w a prenup

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Poo was handled w a prenup

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Poo was handled w a prenup

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Poo was handled w a prenup

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