A decent impression of responsible adulthood

[davidn]

I've just made an appointment at the bank to talk about getting pre-approved for a home mortgage on Friday. I can't describe how quietly terrifying this is - it's only been a couple of weeks since I last watched a Disney film. And I still have a Livejournal account. And we've already had various replies from an online aggregator site of estate agents who are very keen to move us into our first property. I never thought I'd be doing that outside of playing Monopoly.

I think my age and life state are advancing at about double the rate of my mind.

Comments

[ravenworks.livejournal.com]

http://xkcd.com/616/

Y'know, I wanted to give you some kind of "Take it from a mortgage-already-haver!" worldly advice, but... I still can't quite make sense of it either. "And there's my deduction for the cable TV, and there's my deduction for the porn sites, and there's my deduction for the mortgage."

[starfishchris.livejournal.com]

Eh, it's another bill to pay, it just happens to be a big one.

Now, having the freedom to knock a hole in the wall - THAT's progress!

[marcobiagi.livejournal.com]

I'm with him. iIt's also usually not that much different to the amount you were paying in rent (well, at least over here) anyway. And it's like paying yourself rent, which is a nice feeling. Or something.

[tamakun.livejournal.com]

Welcome to being a responsible adult! I made that jump about 5-and-a-half years ago and I've loved technically owning my place. :)

It doesn't mean you have to abandon your old mindsets, though :)

[e-to-the-ipi.livejournal.com]

That is scary. I'm trying to avoid thinking about the fact that logically, in about two years, I will probably be 25, with a PhD and no driving licence.