Furniture blues

Our search for a new condo in which to live appears to be over, which might be a good thing. Maiyuu found a couple more places on the net, both charging rent of about B15,000.

That's almost double our present rent - where does he think we'd get the money?

One reason the rents are high is that these places are fully furnished, as are most rental places on the market. Maiyuu reckons we should sell our furniture, then move into a furnished place.

I disagree. We have good furniture; I do not want to sell it to some scalper so we can start again with nothing.

If we were tossed out of the new place, we'd have no home, and no furniture either.

He says the fact that we have furniture is an impediment to us getting a new place. True, but in that case, we needn't hurry to move.

We are lucky, in that we rent a condo in a lively market. So many people rent condo units on busy highways or in quiet residential areas, surrounded by nothing, not even places to eat.

When I turned down his proposal that we sell the furniture, he sniffed: 'Well in that case, don't talk to me about moving again, because it's annoying.'

He can't pretend he didn't want to move. Maiyuu would still love to have his own bedroom and kitchen.

Lately he has been happier, as he is busy at work. He cooks a little, but not every day like he did in the past.

That's the way it should be. Someone who is not even 30 should not be sitting home waiting for work to come his way.

If he finds work to do, he should make the most of it, and leave the condo moving to another day.