Tag: dealbreakers

When a Deal Falls Apart

.Reading time 5 minutes.

Last Monday, I signed a one-year lease contract for a small unit my husband owns. I have been showing the unit off a few times, and finally, I was able to lease it out with cash upfront. Of course, I was exhilarated. “I finally closed the deal,” I excitedly called my husband. The amount wasn’t big, […]

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Will you compromise just a little bit if you’re not a spring chicken no more?

.Reading time 6 minutes.

When I was dating my now-husband at 32 years old, my future father-in-law chided me, “But you’re not a spring chicken anymore!” I wasn’t insulted as much as I was amused. In the end, I had the last laugh. I married his only son at age 33, had a child by the time I hit […]

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