The five stages of apartment-hunting

[owlectomy]

Stage 1. Denial. "I should be able to find something I like that's in my price range!"

Stage 2. Anger. "Heeeeell no I am not going to live here."

Stage 3. Bargaining. "Surely I can learn to live with linoleum bedroom floors. Surely I can learn to live with a daily 3/4 mile hike to the bus stop. Surely I can stretch my budget up a little higher."

Stage 4. Depression. "Maybe I'll just SIT IN MY COLD COLD SHOWER AND CRY."

Stage 5. Acceptance.

...I don't actually know what that last one looks like.

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[oyceter]

6. "OMG APAAAARTMENT!"

7. (actually 2 and 4 redux) "Goddamn the stupid market and how did those people already rent it from under me when the post was only up for an hour? Now I will never find anything."

*cheers you on*

[intothespin]

Normally Stages 2-4 are accompanied by constant envy as I walk through the streets, seething with the conviction that people are living in lovely and affordable apartments in every building I pass.

Or at least lovely apartments I cannot afford.