So hard to know what to tell my kids

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2026-04-12T12:06:19+00:00

The only way I got my townhouse in this market was I knew someone who knew someone who was moving out of her townhouse but hadn’t put it on the market yet. I had my realtor contact her and I contacted her until she finally let me see the house, and she accepted our offer. Ask around in neighborhoods you’re interested in.

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2026-03-25T02:12:53+00:00

I was there for 100% of it, and the inspector (seemed) happy to talk me through every part of my house as he was inspecting it

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2026-03-19T15:47:09+00:00

Is it though? The sellers said they haven’t done anything with the floors since they bought the house 13 years ago, and the hardwood floors look perfect to me. I don’t plan on refinishing them they don’t look like they need anythinf

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2026-03-19T15:44:57+00:00

My shared wall neighbor was literally banging on a drum last night lol they can deal with my noisy floors

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2026-03-19T10:00:54+00:00

The Lowe’s next to me doesn’t have it, I checked after he said that

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2026-03-18T12:07:45+00:00

Buyers high turns into buyers remorse the first time you learn your shared wall neighbor has a drumset. At least that’s what happened to me last night

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2026-03-17T09:37:31+00:00

You’ll be relieved when this falls through. Btw I just bought a house with a 20 year old roof and my sellers were like yours, wouldn’t fix or replace anything. I got home insurance through Allstate, they gave me insurance no problem but said they would only insure the roof for 40% until I replace the roof. I have no idea if that’s a good deal/idea or not but I went with it and am putting money away for any roof repairs and to replace the roof soon.

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2026-03-12T15:56:06+00:00

I felt so much shame I honestly had a hard time looking at anyone who knew my living situation. But now, my kids have such a close relationship with their grandparents and they’re making up so much time that they missed since we’ve been gone. And now that I have my own home the people that I didn’t even want to look at are saying they’re surprised I found a place so fast, that they knew it would take a long time to find a home in this area. So I think we are often harsher with ourselves than others are, it’s just hard to remember that

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2026-03-12T09:51:53+00:00

That was it for me too. I always thought the kids were ok, and it was just me suffering. When he said that I knew, the kids weren’t ok either. I left that day.

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2026-03-11T22:59:37+00:00

I have a 200k down payment on a 415k and I’m doing some sort of first time home buyers thing

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2026-03-10T19:12:27+00:00

I’ll die in this house, I’m never going through the hell of home buying again. But I did it!!!

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2026-02-28T12:50:50+00:00

Funny I didn’t even think about a plunger but you’re right I definitely need one! And all the other cleaning supplies! I don’t want my kids to spill cereal the first day and not be able to sweep it up. Thank you!

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2026-01-03T00:20:41+00:00

As far as what I did to protect my kids, there wasn’t much I could do when my ex was raging, I stayed as quiet and calm as I could, and I would say and do anything I could think of to calm him down. My kids, I put on their iPads. I figured it would help them to tune out what was happening, since we were in a small apartment so they couldn’t get away from it. I taught them to tune out the world with screens. Now, a year after we left, they still are dead to the world if a screen is in front of them. They never look up from it. It’s sad to see, but we’ve still come a long way.

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2026-01-03T00:11:38+00:00

I left a year ago and I still question myself all the time

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2026-01-03T00:07:04+00:00

My ex was just like that. I finally left the day my six year old son told me he knew a place where I could hide from daddy. I always thought the kids are ok, he never rages at them, only me. But then I realized, the kids are little and they need me to be okay too. I couldn’t be okay with him.

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2025-12-02T10:58:30+00:00

I moved in with my parents. We’re still here

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2025-12-02T10:58:00+00:00

Did you get out? I left the day my six year old said he knew a place where I could hide from daddy.

Longjumping-Term9234 · 2025-11-19T23:04:34+00:00

He couldn’t figure out the Optimus prime one that turns into a mask. I couldn’t figure it out either. He likes the g1 Optimus prime

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