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They can do what they want. What they can't do authentically however is to try to claim hardship status. Which "cash strapped" does. These people had a backup
by Trundle 9y ago
They can do what they want. What they can't do authentically however is to try to claim hardship status. Which "cash strapped" does.
These people had a backup condo to live in after selling their first house. You don't get to use 'cash strapped' when you have a backup condo.
- Para2016 9y agoPerhaps I missed it, I can't find in the article where they claim a hardship status. Could you point be to it? He's an education PhD and she's an online editor, they have two kids. They borrowed heavily and sold their old house to finance their new one. I suppose because it's written by a middle class woman and not a desperately poor person then her story is abhorrent to HN.
- bshimmin 9y agoThe strapline: "We were cash-strapped, desperate to move and hemmed in by a hot market." I read the article in full (nothing like a bit of procrastination on a Monday morning) and I think probably the two most abhorrent aspects are: 1) the utter and seemingly limitless stupidity of their decisions; 2) the way their back-up condo is casually introduced about halfway through - "Luckily, we still owned..." (An honourable mention goes to the wealthy English godfather making a sudden, ridiculous appearance. This bit sounded totally fictitious, to be honest.)