Have you ever, in the words of Elaine Benes, marched in?
I've done it twice.
First time, I marched in to TD Canada Trust, ready to play hard ball when negotiating a new mortgage.
I immediataly learned that the mortgage had actually expired at the beginning of the month, not the end, and therefore not only did I not have any hand (in the words of George Costanza), but the mortgage payments were two weeks in arrears.
Yesterday, I marched in to my financial planner's office, ready to say 'let's pay off the mortgage!'
Due to stoopid math (my arch-nemesis), that's not going to happen after all.
Clearly, mortgages and I do not mix.
Nothing like bursting into tears in front of your money dude to make you feel like a real grown-up, though.
We just arranged our first mortgage in a long-g-g number of years and it was enough to bring me to tears. I think the mortgage guys often have teary-eyed clients. Think happy thoughts and hum along with cheesy 80's Christmas songs.
ReplyDeleteThat sucks, Norah! I hate numbers and money dudes :(
ReplyDeleteI AM kind of a money dude, but I still hate mortgages! Just remember that episode of All in the Family, where Archie burns his mortgage, after paying it off over a period of time LONGER than Gloria had even been alive! You're not doin' so bad.....
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