{"id":1303,"date":"2008-08-07T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-07T07:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rebeccafrech\/2008\/08\/confusion-2.html"},"modified":"2014-08-22T15:56:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T20:56:18","slug":"confusion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rebeccafrech\/2008\/08\/confusion-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Confusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Buying a house is the most confusing thing ever. (I promise to never write about it again once we\u2019re done, but until then this is pretty much going to be it.  Sorry.)  We made an offer on the stinky house.  <\/p>\n<p>They said, \u201cIt doesn\u2019t smell that bad.  Nothing for carpet or cleaning, and please pay more money.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>We said, \u201cWe can\u2019t take it the way it smells, so it must not be the house for us.  Thank you for looking at our offer we\u2019ll make an offer on our second choice.  My husband liked it better anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly they will pay for everything we want if we only pay them $5000 more.  Now I\u2019m in a muddle.  I hate people who play games.  Just tell me what you want and I\u2019ll tell you what I want and see if there is common ground.  Don\u2019t tell me you will never do something and then turn around and say you will.  I know it\u2019s a negotiation blah, blah, blah and that this is how things are done, but should it be?<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is that I just want a nice house in a good neighborhood.  I want my children to have friends to play with and parks to play in.  I want my home to be a safe place for them to grow up.  Anything that is less than safe is unacceptable.  <\/p>\n<p>It was a clear decision yesterday when they said \u201cnothing for flooring or cleaning\u201d.  We knew exactly what to do.  Then they reversed themselves and now we\u2019re confused.  Can someone make this obvious please?  Can God just send a little note and let me know which way to go?  I\u2019m very good at taking directions.  He can call any time.  My cell phone is always on.  If He prefers it, I have the email\u2026a little note, a sentence, just the one word name of the street.  Something?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m usually very good at making decisions, but at this point I can\u2019t even think.  Does anyone know where I can rent a spare brain for the day?  It would be a huge help.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buying a house is the most confusing thing ever. 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