So last night, I went to an event where I met some new people. About half the group was older, more established (read: retired) ladies. It wasn’t all bad, and I had a very nice time. There were the usual get to know you questions, but a couple times the conversation got really awkward.
Question 1
Her: So, what do you and your husband like to do.
Me: Ummmmm, well, we like to watch movies and go on drives.
How else are you supposed to say, “We don’t really do too much. We watch lots of Netflix and eat out too much. He likes to play Xbox Live and I like to read blogs of people I “mostly” don’t know.”
Question 2
Her: Oh, so you live off such-and-such street. What neighborhood is that in?
Me: It’s uh, not in a neighborhood, we live in an apartment.
Then insert brief rambling about just getting married last year and saving up for a house.
Question 3
Her: So where do you go to church?
Me: Oh, uh, we aren’t attending a church right now, haven’t found the right one.
She invited me her church, which is nice.
At least she didn’t ask about kids!
Andrea Unplugged 
Hopefully they can remember back to when they were just starting out. But I do recall trying to “justify” why we lived in an apartment before we bought our house (even though no one ever really asked for justification).
And if it makes you feel better, we woke up to a leaky roof this morning, so homeownership has it’s downfall!
I know. It’s not like I really need to justify anything to anyone. Technically, we can afford a house. But, really I like it that we don’t have to take care of broken stuff on our own…we just call the office and they do it for us. And I like to go on trips. I know with a house, that wouldn’ be as feasible. We’ll work on paying off/down some big things (student loans, gah!) first then we’ll talk about it.
Sorry about your leaky roof. Hope it’s not too major. 😦