House Hunting...Or Not?

Well things have happened with the house so quickly I don't even really remember the timeline, but here's an idea.  A young couple came to see our house two weekends in a row with the whole family and stated how much they loved the house and would be in touch come Monday.  Late Monday night we got an offer lower than we needed, so the next morning we put together a counter offer with our realtor.  He suggested we start searching right away for something we would like to move into, so later that day we checked out some homes for our family.  While searching, we got a call that they would like to make another verbal counter offer to the one we previously made in the day.  Some other countering went on through phone calls for a while before we finally decided on an agreement that would be written up.  My parents were in town and able to tour a few possible homes with us (and trying to help keep my sanity).  You forget how stressful this home stuff is!  SHEESH! Anyways, the next day we were supposed to have the deal papers do sign by 8pm, buuuuuuuut, no call backs and no papers, and finally a text from their realtor that said they were backing out because they didn't think they could afford it. Bummer. Well, at least this is good practice.  It's maybe a little cliche, but they always say that what's meant to be will happen, and we weren't finding annything we were in love with yet, so until next time, here's to better eating and sleeping!  :)