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My Wife Is Looking at Million Dollar Homes
I’m freaking out a little. My wife has not only been looking at million-dollar homes on RedFin but also sending them to me in Messenger all month. She’s asking what I think of the homes and of the price, even though it’s nowhere in our financial grasp.
First, what is she doing? Ladies, people of this world, what does this mean? Is she just trying to dream a little? Manifesting? I don’t understand.
She may be trying to signal that this is what she wants me to get for us. It’s ironic, I was just thinking we should downsize, maybe some farmland or van-life. Seems a bit untimely to mention that now.
It’s hard for me to be supportive when agreeing to this as a reality is preposterous in itself. Navigating this unfamiliar terrain will come down to honing man’s most basic survival skills. Evasion, silence, and obfuscation.
If I say we cannot afford it, I may be making myself look weak or crapping on her dreams. Agreeing won’t work either, at least when it comes down to actually closing. As absurd as it sounds, maybe it is the best strategy to agree to something that can never happen, this way I was always supportive.
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