Dating Again

I've been living in my condo for 8 years. Last year when the economy came crashing down and we got engaged, I decided to sell it. I used a realtor and definitely learned a lot from the six long months my house was listed with that realtor.

First of all, I was a nervous wreck, the day I signed the contract I woke up at 3:00 am and got sick. But, within the first month of my place being listed, I got two pretty decent offers, the first backed out, the second disappeared in the wind. And then...nothing for five months.

So after the holidays we decided to list for sale by owner, we could be really negotiable with the price since I bought so low and we can save a ton on the commission (we are offering 2% to agents instead of 6%). Plus, I can list it everywhere the realtors can by paying one flat rate.

I feel like I'm single all over again. My profile is up on every real estate website and craigslist with pictures, I have open houses every weekend, I check my phone for messages 3,000 times a day, I check my email constantly, I get excited when the phone rings and then disappointed when it's one of my friends or my mom.

It's like being back on match.com and Mr. P is the best friend I confide in when people want to "date me". We had a guy come to check out my place four times, four times!! Weeks later he still couldn't make a decision. If we were dating and we went out four dates, and he couldn't figure out if he wanted to continue dating, I'd kick you to the curb but instead I find myself being patient and polite to indecisive people and it's driving me slightly crazy.

It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if it didn't sell right now, we have a backup plan of Mr. P moving in with me and I've rearranged my furniture in my head. One day it will sell, for now I'll try to focus on just starting our lives together. We are really lucky, we are both healthy, have jobs and we'll have a roof over our heads when we do get married. Where that roof is, is another story...