Just read Eric's journal of his past few days. It opened a perspective for me.
I have been vacillating between refinancing this house, which I don't want to stay in, just to keep it on the market and make the money it is worth; or saying To Hell With It, and using the money I have in Savings and cashing in my 401K to downpay on a little house in town that I do want. Sensible Punkin says tough it out and stay with this house.
If I move to the other house, and this one goes on the block and doesn't make a dime, I'm already in another home. If it sells for a little profit, so much the better. If it doesn't sell at all, and is foreclosed on, my credit will be ruined no less than if I bought it and couldn't pay for it. At least I would already be in another home. XH will be as hurt by it financially as I. He is the one insisting it be auctioned, and all I have is 3 months to make my decisions/plans for my OWN future.
I believe Eric just discovered, and passed on the information, that there comes a time that the largest consideration in our lives, other than the happiness of our children, is our own happiness, and we have to run with that.
Eric's experience has given me a definite leaning in this decision.
