SPOUSE/HOUSE A RHYMING BETROTHAL

Did I say we were renting, well that was then, this is now and our housing situation changes as much as the West Texas winds. We actually found a house in the final hour before signing lease contracts, they accepted our offer and after a new roof gets put on, she just might be our place to call home, of course it is never really done until you sign that piece of paper now is it...kind of like a marriage license.

Maybe it was learning about a million literary terms in the Esther study this week, but I decided that a house purchase is like an engagement. Everyone behaves and looks good during the dating phase/showings then about 6 months in you realize that not everything is perfect and did you notice that drippy faucet in the bathroom or that your beloved slurps their soup.

I consider the inspector like the premarital counselor. Yes, I know you love this house/spouse, but can you still love them with all of their faults and by the way here is the list.

When you enter into a betrothal - contract on a house/earnest money and an engagement ring for a wedding, you set a close date/wedding date.

I would consider the title company a wedding planner of sorts and one day you meet and sign on the dotted line for a house or a marriage certificate.

Do you think that your new home worries that you'll grow apart, your family will get to big and you'll leave her in the dust for a bigger home with more mature landscaping. Or years down the road does your home squeak with settling at the thought you might leave a younger, trimmer model (downsizing)?

Hey after all, spouse and house do rhyme, don't they. Anyhow, in our case this is an arranged marriage, for I have yet to see our new beloved home, only pics on the internet, but I think she will really love us once she has the chance to meet the rest of the family!