Now one of the major complaints has always been that we never had anything. After 8 years of being together we never got a house and never bought furniture. We never had a honeymoon, never took time for ourselves and always put the kids first. As a 180,I am looking into buying a house, but since my credit score isn't high enough, having her and my Mom be on the mortgage, with the deal being to refinance in a year and get my Mom off of the mortgage. I'm not doing it in hopes that she Will come running into my arms thanking me, but because rent is really expensive here compared to paying a mortgage.