# Oh, I forgot to mention:  I BOUGHT MY FIRST HOUSE THIS WEEK!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 6, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-forgot-to-mention-i-bought-my-first-house-this-week/367583 "2006-08-06T18:10:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-forgot-to-mention-i-bought-my-first-house-this-week/367583/21 "2006-08-07T01:22:49Z")

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You’re really funny when you’re 1000 miles away, Mister.

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-forgot-to-mention-i-bought-my-first-house-this-week/367583/22 "2006-08-07T01:53:28Z")

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[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth]  
You’re really funny when you’re 1000 miles away, Mister.  
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And you’re really funny when you’ve got the tap in your mouth, trying to get me to “Pump the keg faster! Pump the keg faster!”, spilling beer all over the damned place.

Tripler  
It’s amazing we didn’t get eaten by a bear, dammit!

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**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-forgot-to-mention-i-bought-my-first-house-this-week/367583/23 "2006-08-07T01:59:30Z")

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I’m really, **really** , looking forward to this housewarming.

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**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-forgot-to-mention-i-bought-my-first-house-this-week/367583/24 "2006-08-07T02:32:18Z")

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Congrats! I bought a condo back in May (took about 4 weeks IIRC). I think you can pretty much consider it “bought” once you’ve been accepted by the loan agency or bank. The rest is pretty much formalities unless something goes seriously wrong.

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