How the other half lives . . .

[indysteel]

Thank you.

wow as someone who is househunting for an upgrade, all the negativity is a little.... um, whatever. Everyone has their reasons for bigger/smaller, fancier/simpler and just because it's not for you doesn't mean it's a bad thing. I can totally see being stumped about a housewarming present but why such a quick leap to judgement on people's housing?

I mean, so what if she wants a bigger laundry room. It's her house.

Not everyone who is affluent is full of hate or a social climber. Some people work darn hard for what they have and if they choose to put it into a big house instead of something else, so what? I swear, the manner in which some things go, in lightspeed fashion, to negative judgement is downright unfriendly.

We are in the process of looking for a new house that will meet our needs better, and yes, it is probably going to be a little bigger and a lot nicer. I guess I won't be talking about it here.

I don't have a problem with everyone who purchases a bigger/nicer home, but I do bristle at the people in my life who are on a fairly constant quest--and I am generally capable of perceiving the difference--for more stuff or for stuff that goes far beyond meeting their needs or is outside their means. They're never satisfied, and I find it sad for a number of reasons. With both instances I referred to in my posts, there is much to the story than just their housebuying that leads me to my conclusions about them.

But that said, you're right in that I painted with much broader strokes than I intended, and I'm sorry to have come of as that judgmental. My current home is bigger than my first (which isn't difficult since it was 900 sq. feet); so it's not that I totally reject the idea of upgrading.