That happened to my brother and the sale went fine in the end.

Anne, I think that any panic on the part of the buyer is probably first time buyer skittishness. Negotiations are part of the process. They might be worried because they REALLY want your house. Calm-ma and deal-ma for you.

I hate this period of uncertainty.

Definitely understandable. And since I can't recall saying it earlier, congrats on the new home!!!!

I love the Ocean Salt already.

Ooh! I need to get some more of that stuff soon. I have to be real careful with it though or else it tries to eat my sensitive skin right off of my face.

I. Want. To. Die. Or, at the very least, go to sleep and not be sick.

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Vampire novel topic:

My husband is a big fan of Fred Saberhagen's Dracula books. Starts with The Vampire Tapes and runs for several more. I read TVT and liked it.

Hello Bitches!!

I just skipped through 900+ posts (haven't been online since Thursday evening).

This weekend I got a preview of what Dad is going to be like after 2 weeks of not being able to go to work --thank god Mom's going to be in OK for the next week so I can get some alone time. Dad's going to drive himself crazy, he has a hobby but he needs to just let himself veg out or something.

Plus his eating habits are going to be an issue. Every day he goes and eats "country" food at a restaurant across from his office. Greasy, fried food, he thinks it should be okay for him to eat.

He's alive and there's no damage to his heart and I'd like to stay that way.

I had a home inspection when I bought this house. I negotiated with the sellers, but only had them pay for the things that were not to code. Mainly, that would have been the ugly fact that the stove hood had been venting directly into the attic for 20 years. I know you want to sell, Anne, but look how fast you got that offer. There's negotiating room in there.

Greasy, fried food, he thinks it should be okay for him to eat.

He better learn to love oatmeal or raisin bran or he can start working on his will this afternoon.

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Amy P: Tell her, "quit it"

Plus his eating habits are going to be an issue. Every day he goes and eats "country" food at a restaurant across from his office. Greasy, fried food, he thinks it should be okay for him to eat.

As someone who's been dealing with this, you telling him to change will do nothing but annoy him. He's just had a huge scare, and contemplating the pleasures he'll have to modify is not going to help his mood. If he's been going to that restaurant for so long, it's part of his social life. Sweeping changes, unless he initiates them, will not stick. He's going to miss his old life, and he may come to the conclusion that a country fried steak with his buddies is worth the risk.

Would it be possible for you to go to that restaurant with him and look at the menu? There might be compromise options. Heck, enlist the waitresses who have served him for years in the fight. They want to keep a good customer.

At the bottom of it, though, an extended life without joy is not always a victory.