Just three days after moving into our new house, my husband brought his whole family to register their fingerprints – so I sold the house and said something that left him speechless.

Three days ago I thought I was the luckiest woman in the world.
After five years of marriage, my husband and I finally bought our first house in Seattle.

It wasn’t big, but it was everything I had ever dreamed of – a cozy place where I imagined mornings filled with the scent of coffee, where sunlight filtered through the curtains and we both laughed peacefully.

I had worked nonstop for years and saved every penny. To make the down payment, I even sold the wedding ring I had received from my mother.

I lovingly chose every curtain, every bedding set, and every picture frame.
When we finally hung the pictures together, I thought,  “This is the beginning of our new life.”

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