Dh and I are in the middle of a 5 year plan to get ahead financially/career wise.
Part of this plan means we are living temporarily for around a year at a time in different locations. We hope to be in our forever home by 2016 :)
We have chosen to live very lightly and simply during this time and not collect many belongings/furniture along the way.
At present we are living in a flat which has plenty of built in shelving/cupboards.
All we have as far as furniture is 2 chairs, one desk, one large bean bag, a toddler chair and table, a toddler flip out sofa, highchair, mattresses for ds (2yr) and ourselves and a tv stand with tv.
We dont mind as even though we could get furniture cheaply (through freecycle etc) we know it would be a chore to get rid of again when we move.
I have got to know a few mothers and their children and have been to a few playdates at their very nice houses/flats of varying sizes/budgets but all nicely furnished and decorated.
Compared to their homes ours is very bare and modest. I would like to reciprocate the invitations but I would worry they would judge us about it.
We are both in our 30s so not in the student lifestyle category either.
So would you judge us if you came for a visit?
Also do you have an interesting way I could explain away/embellish our lifestyle choice without going into the details of our 5 year plan which would be very dull indeed.
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Would you judge a family with very little furntiure/belongings?
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allinsunshine · 11/06/2013 11:55
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