Lately my signature
has been much required, we are in the process
of buying a house.
To be precise, we are
buying the house that we are currently renting.
(Nothing like a two-year
test run as my husband keeps chirpily saying.)
Did you know that the
word ‘Mortgage’ directly translates in the Latin as ‘Death Grip’?!
Just a little fun fact
for you there!
Now I have been known
to wiggle out of yearlong rental contracts that I felt were a bit stifling, run
away to France and be done with it.
I come out in a rash when you so much as
mention the words ‘commitment’
‘investment’ or ‘fixed term rate’ and I’m ashamed to say that I get
confused by numbers that are more than four zeros long.
So the idea of
entering into a contract with the bank for the next forty years or so is most
disconcerting.
Excuse me for a moment
while I indulge myself in a little Meyers Briggs
My personality type is
ESFP...
I wont go into too
much detail but this basically means that I am a fun loving criminal,
spontaneous and energetic who lives in the immediate and has a lively dislike
of theory and future planning.
So at best I am in the
lucky possession of a ‘Contagious good
humour and irrepressible joy of living’ (David Kiersy)
However at my worst I tend to feel ‘Overwhelmed with tension and stress when
driven into a situation which requires deep and careful consideration.’
(
(I would reluctantly
say that house buying probably falls into this category)
So its been an
interesting couple of months but I feel primarily blessed to be able to take
such a sensible and grown up step,
I am also very glad of a husband who is
patient and willing to coerce me into paying due care and attention before
signing my life away.
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