Homing Instinct

I bought a house and now I'm crying every day
I think I made a big mistake. Home ownership isn't what I thought it would be.
Letters
Readers respond to "Homing Instinct: Oh Yes You Can!" by Cary Tennis, and "The Unexamined Thug Life," by Janelle Brown
Oh yes you can!
We had no savings, hefty credit-card debt, and middling self-esteem. Still, we got the house.
Come on in, the water's fine
You really should buy a house. I mean it. Part 1.
Paralyzed by perfection
I hone my own nutty ideas for a remodeling cure.
Housing and its discontents
Our house has become an unexpected obsession, a strange gift, an object of passion and frustration, and a wall to slump against in exhaustion.

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