Buyer's Remorse?

Now that we've had a week to chew on our decision, Patrick is starting to feel the weight of this financial decision, and I am getting stressed out because he is getting stressed out. Is this too much house for us? Will our heating and cooling bill be four times as much? Can I find a better house at this value? Do we really want to leave our great neighborhood - we could stay and give more? I wonder if everyone who lays down oh...half a million dollars feels this way.

The other pressure we feel is that once we have a ratified contract on our house, the deal is done. We will own the new house. The exciting news is that our realtor called tonight and we got an offer which is a really good one, and we think others may be coming.

Patrick and I are really praying through this. It feels a little stressful, and that peace is escaping us, so we really want to examine this and do what we feel God is leading us to do. On the one hand we prayed that if he didn't want us to move forward, clearly we'd get no offers in our 30-day contingency. On the other hand, if it's a go, we prayed that the Lord would give us a good offer and quickly and it looks like that's about to happen, so why are we still feeling a little unsure?

We've done all the numbers. I guess it's truly a common case of buyer's remorse? Please pray that we sort this out, and quick!!!