Heh, UH's story was definitely campfire fodder.
(It was in the midst of everything; literally the day CMC started, the wife suddenly was unsure about signing the closing paperwork for the house.)
Some people were not familiar, so we were able to share the heartbreaking tale of the most stoic man on the forums.
I'm glad it will be a much happier story by September.
Glad I inspire a story or 2!!
She'd already said yes to signing the paperwork so I could buy a house.
She said she'd do it 2 months prior to closing even though she claimed her lawyer said it was a bad idea.
I spoke to my lawyer who came back to me on the day of closing to say that the wife's lawyer was fine with it as long as the money was accounted for in the settlement.
I informed my wife where she needed to be to sign the documents and the night before closing she declared that she wouldn't sign which would have sank the whole deal and left me homeless.*
She finally emailed the morning of closing to agree to sign (there's another story deep in there but doesn't matter in this context).
I did not get much sleep that night!!
and they wondered why i'd turned down going to the camp in favor of staying behind and getting the closing done....
*One of the plans was to move back to the house that morning if she refused to sign as we still both owned it and both had rights to be in there. I think that may have made her reconsider if it had gone that far....
I would also have rented a house and, once the settlement was done, sued her for the difference in price plus equity loss.
I didn't need to do any of that as it turned out but holy crap - what a 24 hours that was....
