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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 255179" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>MWM, I don't know your daughter, so take this with a grain of salt.</p><p>***</p><p>My big boys, particularly difficult child 1, were fairly popular in school. They weren't the top of the food chain, but they were up there. We live in an affluent town - the cheapest of ancient run-down homes will still fetch $80k here in a heartbeat. We live in an ancient farmhouse outside of town - it was "built" by butting two one-room 1800's cabin-homes together (in 1900), and adding onto it as money and time allowed. And that's what it looks like. Every year, we have to crawl under it and put more blocks under the floor joists to firm up "soft spots" created by the house continuing to settle, and just plain old age. When we moved in 11 years ago, it had yellow, rust, and brown shag carpet (we've since pulled out all the carpet and have hard wood floors now). There are water stains on the ceilining blocks in some places, and every wall in the house is paneled. There are several barns and such outside.</p><p>***</p><p>Its a decent home, but not for someone who judges you for your habitat. We all like living there because of the land, so we just kinda tolerate the house and its quirks (can't run too many appliances at once...) </p><p>***</p><p>The boys handled it with humor. I let them have a party when we moved in and they decided to theme their party the "trash bash" and encouraged their friends to show up in stereotypical attire. Lots of mumu's and curlers and "wife beaters" with boxers, tube socks, and house shoes. lol We made a mud hole for wrestling or mud-bogging, it was the best time. And after that, even though our house was not nearly as nice as most of their friends' homes, ours became one of the preferred hang-outs.</p><p>***</p><p>It would take the right personality to do this, but its just a thought. Had they handled it differently, the outcome certainly could have been a lot different than it was.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 255179, member: 1848"] MWM, I don't know your daughter, so take this with a grain of salt. *** My big boys, particularly difficult child 1, were fairly popular in school. They weren't the top of the food chain, but they were up there. We live in an affluent town - the cheapest of ancient run-down homes will still fetch $80k here in a heartbeat. We live in an ancient farmhouse outside of town - it was "built" by butting two one-room 1800's cabin-homes together (in 1900), and adding onto it as money and time allowed. And that's what it looks like. Every year, we have to crawl under it and put more blocks under the floor joists to firm up "soft spots" created by the house continuing to settle, and just plain old age. When we moved in 11 years ago, it had yellow, rust, and brown shag carpet (we've since pulled out all the carpet and have hard wood floors now). There are water stains on the ceilining blocks in some places, and every wall in the house is paneled. There are several barns and such outside. *** Its a decent home, but not for someone who judges you for your habitat. We all like living there because of the land, so we just kinda tolerate the house and its quirks (can't run too many appliances at once...) *** The boys handled it with humor. I let them have a party when we moved in and they decided to theme their party the "trash bash" and encouraged their friends to show up in stereotypical attire. Lots of mumu's and curlers and "wife beaters" with boxers, tube socks, and house shoes. lol We made a mud hole for wrestling or mud-bogging, it was the best time. And after that, even though our house was not nearly as nice as most of their friends' homes, ours became one of the preferred hang-outs. *** It would take the right personality to do this, but its just a thought. Had they handled it differently, the outcome certainly could have been a lot different than it was. [/QUOTE]
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