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2girlsforme
LIF Adult
Member since 8/06 3071 total posts
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XXXXXXXXX
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Re: apartment or house
we owned, but I found out I was pregnant the week went went to contract.
Oh Yeah-- Another old person here!!!
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Michelle913
LIF Adolescent
Member since 4/06 645 total posts
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Michelle
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Re: apartment or house
we own...bought our first house when we were expecting our daughter
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| Posted 2/22/07 3:55 PM |
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Smileyd17
kids
Member since 5/05 20997 total posts
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Mommy
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Re: apartment or house
We bought a house while pg...it was a way to get us on the ball for sure!
But we wont be in the house due to repairs/updates until the baby is about 1/2 months old.
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| Posted 2/22/07 4:00 PM |
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cloddy
Holiday 2011 photo
Member since 8/05 8088 total posts
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Kristen
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Re: apartment or house
we waited til we had our house. And my cousin went so far as to tell us we should wait to have a kid until we'd been in the house for 3 years. She said have it completely finished in terms of decorated and furnished the way you want b/c once you have them you'll never tackle any more of those kinds of projects again. I thought she was crazy but looking at it now I see that she was right we don't have any time to paint or refinish furniture now. We just manage to eat and sleep somtimes. 
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| Posted 2/22/07 4:07 PM |
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beachgirl13
Mommy to 3 boys!
Member since 5/05 4114 total posts
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Re: apartment or house
I seem to be in the minority, but I would never put off TTC just to own a house. What if you wait too long, have that beautiful house and then can't get pregnant? I'm not saying you, but this is what would worry me. We were renting when we TTC. We ended up buying a house while I was pregnant, but we were planning on renting for a while, we kind of fell into buying the house.
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| Posted 2/22/07 4:20 PM |
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vegalady
Love my family
Member since 6/06 4546 total posts
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SNV
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Re: apartment or house
DH and I own a home we have never rented. Its an asset so it is worth it to have a home.
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| Posted 2/22/07 4:20 PM |
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megsm3
Life is Good!!
Member since 8/06 3867 total posts
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M
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Re: apartment or house
Posted by beachgirl13
I seem to be in the minority, but I would never put off TTC just to own a house. What if you wait too long, have that beautiful house and then can't get pregnant? I'm not saying you, but this is what would worry me. We were renting when we TTC. We ended up buying a house while I was pregnant, but we were planning on renting for a while, we kind of fell into buying the house.
this is pretty much how we feel - we are young and want to have our kids young god willing!! dh already has a lot of nieces and nephews and we want our kids to go up with them
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| Posted 2/22/07 4:23 PM |
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megsm3
Life is Good!!
Member since 8/06 3867 total posts
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M
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Re: apartment or house
Posted by Diana1215
Posted by megsm3
Posted by Diana1215
Obviously you know that I owned a house first.
And think of all the free daycare you can get if you still live here. 
hehe - paul and i will definitely watch the little baby boy - i promise not to leave him alone with paul though - he would try to corrupt him!!
Nooo - I meant that YOU would get free daycare. LOL
I knew what you were saying - I was making sure you knew we would be doing the same!!
eta - i probably should have just come upstairs to clarify
Message edited 2/22/2007 4:25:09 PM.
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| Posted 2/22/07 4:24 PM |
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DUCKS2001
Then there was 2
Member since 3/06 5696 total posts
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Christine
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Re: apartment or house
i currently rent, and we will see where we are at after baby is born i dont think it matters though it is a place to live
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| Posted 2/22/07 5:04 PM |
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dm24angel
Happiness
Member since 5/05 34581 total posts
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Donna
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Re: apartment or house
We Rent and unless we move out of state we dont plan to buy any time soon....
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| Posted 2/22/07 5:07 PM |
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2PreciousBlessings
The Perfect Pair
Member since 5/06 19861 total posts
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Best Wife & Mommy
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Re: apartment or house
DH and I own a house.
Message edited 2/22/2007 5:15:16 PM.
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| Posted 2/22/07 5:14 PM |
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MrsSchwags
Soccer Baseball Lax Mom
Member since 10/05 11240 total posts
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Jennifer
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Re: apartment or house
We purchased a house while being PG. We had to, we couldn't rent here in NY with 2 big dogs and a baby on the way. The rent would have been just as much as my mortgage.
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| Posted 2/22/07 5:15 PM |
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MrsSchwags
Soccer Baseball Lax Mom
Member since 10/05 11240 total posts
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Jennifer
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Re: apartment or house
I just want to add, you can make do with whatever you have. The situation will NEVER be perfect.
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| Posted 2/22/07 5:16 PM |
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maybebaby
LIF Adult
Member since 11/05 6870 total posts
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Maureen
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Re: apartment or house
Posted by MrsSchwags
I just want to add, you can make do with whatever you have. The situation will NEVER be perfect.
I completely agree!!
We didn't want to wait to have kids...we will not have a home for prob some time, but its ok b/c we love where we rent and are so happy we made that decision to try for a baby. everything happens for a reason! Would I love to own a home right now? Sure! But I know it'll happen sooner or later, main thing is that DS is very loved and we are happy
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| Posted 2/22/07 5:27 PM |
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Goldi0218
My miracles!
Member since 12/05 23902 total posts
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Leslie
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Re: apartment or house
Posted by beachgirl13
I seem to be in the minority, but I would never put off TTC just to own a house. What if you wait too long, have that beautiful house and then can't get pregnant? I'm not saying you, but this is what would worry me. We were renting when we TTC. We ended up buying a house while I was pregnant, but we were planning on renting for a while, we kind of fell into buying the house.
You arent in the minority. This is how we feel too. We are older (both 36), just married one year,we are TTC and we are not in any position to buy a home.
Conception isnt coming to us as easy as we thought it would (though we are incredibly hopeful despite my impatience). We have no idea of what the road ahead of us will be as far as TTC at this point. I realize that many women have very healthy children well into their 40s and thats great for them, but it is not something I would like to do. DH and I have discussed this at length - he knows how I feel and supports my feelings. It is a very personal thing.
It isnt always as simple as being older and thus having more money - life throws you curves and curves cost money. You would be surprised how many people assume we have more than we do.
This is our situation. We are dealing with it. Is it ideal? No. Would we prefer to own a home before having a child? Absolutely - but not enough to put off our dream of being parents any longer than we already have by marrying later in life - another personal choice. We WILL own a home some day - just later on down the line.
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| Posted 2/22/07 5:32 PM |
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CityBaby
LIF Toddler
Member since 2/07 387 total posts
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Re: apartment or house
Well, we go back and forth on this. We currently rent a 1BR in the city. Our lease is up in Sept so we either need to move into a 2BR (where rent is  ) or buy. Buying a 2BR in the city is a *little* out of our price range right now so its either the burbs or rent. We're leaning on continuing to rent in the city for convenience and adjustment with work and baby. We're getting KILLED on taxes though so that's what's throwing our plan off. who knows what we'll do...
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| Posted 2/22/07 5:55 PM |
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bayla
Love my two kiddos :)
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Re: apartment or house
we bought a 2 bedroom condo, 5 months before we got married and 9 months before i got preggos, it was real important to my DH that we own a place before trying to concieve, we plan on selling it in like 3-4 years and buying a house as it's perfect for one child , but will get cramped when we have a 2nd
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| Posted 2/22/07 6:25 PM |
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pinkandblue
Our family is complete, maybe
Member since 9/05 32436 total posts
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Stephanie
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Re: apartment or house
We have a home...we said we would wait to TTC until we bought a house....we closed on July 2nd and I got my BFP on July 16th....so we did not wait long 
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| Posted 2/22/07 6:27 PM |
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Janice
Sweet Jessie Quinn
Member since 5/05 27567 total posts
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Janice
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Re: apartment or house
we rent. We just moved to NC, DH just started with a new company, we became a 1 income family..and then parents..to many things going on, so we put off house buying. Our heads were spinning. I am so happy in my apartment, I love where I live. Maybe in a year we will start looking again, but I doubt it. I think we are just going to invest in something else. I love being able to have maintence come fix things for free at this time in our lives. Stress free living..budgeting is easy.
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| Posted 2/22/07 7:48 PM |
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snuggleupagus
I'm a rolling machine.
Member since 9/06 2064 total posts
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Re: apartment or house
We rent a house. I suppose for LI, we are on the younger end of the spectrum...but we also know a house is years away for us [student loans and young careers] so we never made having a house a necessity for our family growing.
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| Posted 2/22/07 8:02 PM |
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DandN
Twins are here!
Member since 3/06 3597 total posts
Name:
Deirdre
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Re: apartment or house
We rent an apt. It's perfect for us right now - we're renewing our lease, which will keep us here til May 08. We'll start looking for a house in Jan 08 or so.
We're just not ready to give up a city lifestyle yet. We love it too much!
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| Posted 2/22/07 8:33 PM |
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alexlynn7
Big brother to be!
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Re: apartment or house
Posted by beachgirl13
I seem to be in the minority, but I would never put off TTC just to own a house. What if you wait too long, have that beautiful house and then can't get pregnant?
i totally agree. we happen to own a home, but that really had nothing to do with our decision about when to ttc.
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| Posted 2/22/07 8:43 PM |
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smdl
I love Gary too..on a plate!
Member since 5/06 32461 total posts
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me
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Re: apartment or house
Posted by megsm3
Posted by beachgirl13
I seem to be in the minority, but I would never put off TTC just to own a house. What if you wait too long, have that beautiful house and then can't get pregnant? I'm not saying you, but this is what would worry me. We were renting when we TTC. We ended up buying a house while I was pregnant, but we were planning on renting for a while, we kind of fell into buying the house.
this is pretty much how we feel - we are young and want to have our kids young god willing!! dh already has a lot of nieces and nephews and we want our kids to go up with them
We own a house but we did not wait to TTC until we own a house. We just got married later in life, DH had just bought the house before I met him, we got married, then TTC. I don't think I would have waited to have a house to TTC.
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| Posted 2/22/07 8:50 PM |
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steph4777
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Member since 5/05 11726 total posts
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Stephanie
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Re: apartment or house
When I found out I was pg the first time, we decided to look for a house since our lease was up. We were lucky and found a house relatively quickly. We went for it bc out mortgage ended up being $400 cheaper than our rent.
You can make it work in any situation. My parents rented until I was 12 yrs old. It was the 5 of us in our apt. Never felt like I was missing anything by not growing up in a house. Good luck 
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| Posted 2/22/07 10:26 PM |
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smdl
I love Gary too..on a plate!
Member since 5/06 32461 total posts
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me
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Re: apartment or house
Posted by steph4777
When I found out I was pg the first time, we decided to look for a house since our lease was up. We were lucky and found a house relatively quickly. We went for it bc out mortgage ended up being $400 cheaper than our rent.
You can make it work in any situation. My parents rented until I was 12 yrs old. It was the 5 of us in our apt. Never felt like I was missing anything by not growing up in a house. Good luck
Very true! I did not live in a house until I was almost 20. We lived in the City and I only knew of apartments or co-ops in a highrise.
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