Getting a five-year ARM when you only plan to stay in a house three years is normally a perfectly reasonable thing to do. Expecting people to think, "Well, suppose something happens and we don't move, or we move in four years, at a time when the market is down. and the house stays on the market for two years" is asking a bit much of the crystal ball.
You've got my support. Just think of me as...as your... You know, I'm searching for 'supportive things' and I'm coming up all bras.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Mar 21, 2008 5:19:24 am PDT #6389 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
shrift - Mar 21, 2008 5:22:59 am PDT #6390 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Captain, I'm sensing a great deal of hostility coming from the shriftian.
I went to a Mike Doughty concert last night. Clearly I pegged his audience wrong, because I didn't expect to be surrounded by aging drunkass jackhole fratboys who wouldn't shut up.
On the internet, people are displaying their utter lack of reading comprehension, and also tracking me down via personal e-mail to grill me about things rather than using the group e-mail. Which is really the same complaint I can make about work, most of the time.
I've probably forgotten to pack something important. I've had a low-level sinus migraine for three days. I have to try on bridesmaids dresses tomorrow.
I've got more hostility than you can fit on a hand cart.
Jessica - Mar 21, 2008 5:23:04 am PDT #6391 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I guess you have to be smart enough to only borrow what you can comfortably afford to payback.
But the risk with an ARM is that a loan you can comfortably afford can turn into one you can't pretty much overnight if the market doesn't go your way when your introductory low-interest period expires.
Ginger - Mar 21, 2008 5:26:48 am PDT #6392 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Is "Bevel duodenum" more or less important than "End teeth are longer" and "Stomach meets small intestine"?
Now there's a question for the ages.
Kathy A - Mar 21, 2008 5:27:04 am PDT #6393 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Maybe I can tell him I accepted Jesus and joined the, I don't know, Eastern Orthodox Church
I don't think this will work, tommyrot; the Eastern Orthodox Church has a different calendar, so Easter isn't until later.
Jesse - Mar 21, 2008 5:28:44 am PDT #6394 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Um, I can see why someone would compare Purim to Halloween -- the secular celebrations look pretty similar, what with the costumes and parties and all.
tommyrot - Mar 21, 2008 5:30:05 am PDT #6395 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't think this will work, tommyrot; the Eastern Orthodox Church has a different calendar, so Easter isn't until later.
Aw fuck.
Wait, I can join the Western Orthodox Church, (Or Eastern Heterodox Church), get today off, then switch to the Eastern Orthodox Church to get their Good Friday off....
Jessica - Mar 21, 2008 5:33:54 am PDT #6396 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Um, I can see why someone would compare Purim to Halloween -- the secular celebrations look pretty similar, what with the costumes and parties and all.
What secular celebrations of Purim?
Kathy A - Mar 21, 2008 5:34:19 am PDT #6397 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Speaking of Easter and calendars, this is the first and only time in my life that my birthday is on Easter! I remembered it being on Good Friday a few times, but never Easter, and I was right. The last time Easter was on 3/23 was 1918, and the next time isn't until 2228.
tommyrot - Mar 21, 2008 5:36:51 am PDT #6398 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Speaking of Easter and calendars, this is the first and only time in my life that my birthday is on Easter!
Yay!
When I was a kid, I went through all the tables of dates and whatnot, and was bummed to discover my birthday would never be on Easter....
I thought it was cool to have a holiday depend on the phases of the moon to determine what day it was on... maybe I should have been Jewish....