He is Mr Practical which is fine. He's had experience buying houses and doing them up. Noone has ever accused me of being practical He tried to break it to me gently and he gave me some space to have a sulk and a weep. I just want my perfect house. I'd already stupidly been on the RSPCA dog adoption site to find a dog as we cant have one while we rent. I'd already projected a life where we have a child that lives, the dog, the house, the garden.... We'll get there one day, I hope.

Meanwhile I did learn that a garden is easier and cheaper to create than a house. If we found the right house with a rubbish garden, I could create a nice one and that would be better than a lovely garden with a rubbish house. Some people may think this is bleeding obvious. I refer to my previous comment about my being practical. Pragmatic, yes. Practical, no.

I also learnt I still fall in love with the wrong type of house. I hope I dont need years of therapy to overcome this like when I used to fall in love with the wrong kind of man My history of choosing crap flats to rent is a standing joke in my family. It seems I still have to overcome this 'problem'.

It was a lovely garden though *sigh* maybe I should also refrain from looking at houses in Spring.