Nope, it was a two part "murphy's law" and the apartment is no longer ours.
Larry never told me, because "I was going to take care of it," that back in 2002 the IRS had put a lien on his stocks. For obvious reasons he never took care of it. So when he went to sell his stocks he went "oops."
The other part is Uncle Ralph "misunderstood' which apartment we wanted so he put an offer on an apartment WE HAD NEVER SEEN. so we killed that offer. granted in pictures the place looked great but the board want 20% down which we don't have.
I went to bed at 9:00 p.m. without saying goodnight to Larry because I was so frustrated. I'm done. I've been busting my tooshie to save $12500 dollars and no matter what I do it isn't enough. Larry wants to go apartment shopping this weekend, I quit. I am going to spend my sunday scrapping and card making and doing laundry. He wants to go to open houses there is the door and his metrocard for the buses.
I'm at work so crying isn't an option.
kate
------------------------------ Go apartment shopping. Find something with a month to month lease while you continue to save and iron all the wrinkles out. You will surely feel better if you get out of that basement and you and Larry are out on your own. Living with family members is always extremely stressful as is trying to buy a home, you really need to reduce your stress level or it may affect your marriage.