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[judecorp]

Well, it looks like our house is going to fall through, three days after I finally stopped waiting for something bad to happen and gave our notice to my job and our landlords.

Now on November 30th, I will probably be homeless, jobless, and pregnant.

Comments

[siercia]

While I understand yo have reason to be concerned that another apartment will look weird, the wort case scenario is that you will find a temporary apartment and stay there while you find your house.

And that assumes you can't go to your boss and your landlord and ask for an extension on both fronts, explaining the situation and apologizing a lot for the inconvenience.

It sucks, but it is not the end of the world.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

While my boss would gladly extend my employment (maybe too gladly), I really don't think now is the best time to be contemplating another month or more away from Jen beyond Thanksgiving. And that's IF we found someone else who would want to lend her a couch for another month, let alone how crappy it is for her to keep couch surfing.

[siercia]

Of course it sucks. That doesn't mean you can't do it if you absolutely need to.

But if they're truly screwing you as much as you indicate they are, why not find a temporary apartment? Again, not the best solution, but possibly a better one than getting railroaded into a house that you're going to end up feeling bitter and angsty about when all is said and done.

And if they're not really screwing you in a major way, just with small crap that sucks but isn't the end of the world, take a deep breath, try to focus on the good stuff (Baby! House! Jen with a good job!) and try to let go of the sucky parts of being in a tight situation.

[siercia]

if they're truly screwing you as much as you indicate they are

And this should not indicate that I don't think they're screwing you, just that since I don't know what they're doing, I have no ability to judge whether they are or are not.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

There are lots of maybes in the apartment thing, too. Like:
1. Would we have to sign a lease and therefore not be able to buy for a year?
2. Would we be able to afford to move twice, especially when one of us can't lift moving things?
3. Would we find a place that would allow us to have three cats AND be deleaded AND have a short or non-existent lease?
4. Would we be more miserable moving into an apartment, unpacking and packing again, and stressing about moving again or just paying to fix the damned furnace ourselves? Because frankly I know I would be /devastated/ to move into an apartment.
5. Would sitting on the house money instead of putting it into a house be a poor financial decision?

etc. etc.

[siercia]

Life is full of maybes.

Clearly, you've made your decision. I truly hope that it is the one that will make you the happiest in the end.