Data and construction: the agreements
As I already told you the renovation of my house started last Monday. I need a new bathroom because it leaks and there are still some things that will be worked on vigorously. This is a process that has been going on for months but started quite unexpectedly (I heard last week that it could either be Monday or not until February) and now that it has started, my stress levels have already risen to unprecedented heights. Last week, May sent me a piece from our friends at The Huffington Post in which they made a list of the similarities between dating (also particularly stressful) and buying a house. I bought that house years ago, but I can tell you, there are also quite a few similarities between dating and renovating. Here they come.
I bought that house years ago, but I can tell you, there are also quite a few similarities between dating and renovating.
1. It is deadly exhausting
With every renovation, everything you had planned beforehand goes wrong anyway. You always have to take into account that it takes three times longer than planned and that it turns out to be much more expensive. Just like with a date, beforehand you can carefully decide how you want to play it, but once at the table, that strategy completely falls apart and you have to anticipate the person across from you who of course does not stick to your script at all.
2. You need to have patience and search for a long time before you find the ideal match
Before you find someone with whom you either dare to embark on the dating adventure or the renovation adventure, you will be a bit further along. For both, personal recommendations are preferred. I went with the man who successfully renovated Jet's bathroom, and when I have a date, I first do extensive research on the man in question. 3. It's all about timing.
Don't text your love declaration too early,
don't have the couch delivered too early because then the floor hasn't been laid yet. Don't thank too late for dinner last night, don't realize too late that you need to apply for a permit for the dumpster. Timing is everything.4. In the beginning, it's very exciting, then it's either hell or heaven, I was really looking forward to my renovation because.
the idea of a new house
made me spin with happiness. But when the guys had been working for barely two hours, the first setback came around the corner: there are rotten beams in my (very old) house. It can also go differently, that everything goes according to plan and they just quickly remove everything that needs to be removed and place what needs to be placed. Just like with a date, beforehand you are bursting with healthy nerves and you might just be sitting at the table with the man of your dreams, or with a deadly boring case who just asked if you also like hobbies. But when the guys had been working for barely two hours, the first setback came around the corner: there are rotten beams in my (very old) house. 5. Photos are very misleading.
Anyone who has ever had a Tinder date.
can attest to that. And everyone who has ever had a blueprint made can also agree. A picture says more than a thousand words, but sometimes those are not the right words.
6. It's bloody annoying when people keep asking about it "Is it serious between you?" "Do you think it's going to happen?" "Are you already in love?" LEAVE ME ALONE, can I just figure that all out at my own pace? It's nice,.
can we just leave it at that? If there's real news, you'll hear it. With renovations, you get things like "how long is it going to take?" or "is everything going according to plan?" and "aren't you going completely crazy?" You never know how long it will take, it never goes according to plan, and YES I am going completely crazy from it. Just like from all your questions, by the way.
“Is it serious between you?” “Do you think it's going to happen?” “Are you already in love?” LEAVE ME ALONE 7. It doesn't go without a hitch, but when it works out, you're over the moon, Because once that house is finished, the pain of the journey there is quickly forgotten. I whisper with every setback, “everything will be fine, and if it doesn't go well, it will be fine in another way.” And when after months of dating.
“the infatuation bursts out of your ears
and he feels the same way and you decide to start a serious relationship, all that awkward stuff in the beginning is forgotten like snow in the sun or turned into beautiful stories.
As I already told you, the renovation of my house started last Monday. I need a new bathroom because it leaks and there are still some things that will be worked on vigorously... As I already told you, the renovation of my house started last Monday. I need a new bathroom because it leaks and there are still some things that will be worked on vigorously. As I already told you, the renovation of my house started last Monday. I need a new bathroom because it leaks and there are still some things that will be worked on vigorously. This is a.
