Reply #56: the yard thing really struck a bell. That house had a kitchen you

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almost couldn't turn around in and if two people were in it you had to move out of it sideways. When you had people over you were embarrassed. Someone would stand in the kitchen and you couldn't move. I could reach the fridge, stove and sink without really moving, only turning. I wanted a big kitchen. But see it had this big yard and he thought that was terrific. Okay fine so a big yard is nice. To stay there he suggested enlarging certain parts of the house. The rooms were all so tiny, if you enlarged any part the rest would all look off kilter. (If you put perfume on a pig, it's still a pig) It was a disaster as a house. It was a starter house as they say. I hate to tell you how much he and I were making when we lived there. His 4 partners lived in houses that were mansions and when they came over they'd say what the hell are you two doing in this dump. And he would say hey, I like this, this is a nice house. I would be red-faced because I alone could have afforded way better than that and the partners' wives would be staring at me waiting for me to lose it. But he was perfectly happy in that place. Stick him in front of a PC and he didn't give a shit. He'd still be happier in that dump; he doesn't like this house even though when he changes the furnace filter here he's not banging his head all over. In the dump you'd have a bruised head changing the filter as the furnace was in that place so tight and tortured you could barely get to it.