Im a single woman in my mid-thirties. Im extremely career driven, and have always dreamed of buying property near the office where I work. I ended up buying a beautiful, albeit slight fixer upper, bungalow house built in 1930. I cant wait to get started fixing up the place.

Last week I went to close on the house and bingoed to hell and back by staff who were not my direct buyers agent. Everyone who came in the room to have me sign documents asked where my husband was to have him co-sign. I had to explain about five times that I was single. They responded with mostly condescending Oh, so good for you!

Then I met the sellers. An older couple, probably in their early 70s. They were very nice at first, then also asked where my husband was. I explained that Im single, so they immediately retorted Well the house is certainly big enough for a single mom and her kids! I explained that I dont have kids and everything got awkward and silent before they chimed in saying Well you never know!!!! I then explained that I was infertile (tends to have better guilt than tubes tied) and they just looked at me worriedly. No Im sorry, nothing. We discussed the exchange of the keys and I slipped out ASAP.

I wasnt a fan of the situation.

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