WTF... I Don't Feel Bad For You!

It was Boxing Day and I was curled up on the couch reading an E-Novel, rather enjoying myself. Hubby was complaining that there was nothing to watch on TV; he wanted to rent a movie for us to watch. I was having none of it as I was into my little story, I had no desire to stop reading to watch a movie.

So, I grabbed the remote to find something for him to watch so he would shut the hell up and leave me alone. I flipped around and decided I could appease him with Buy Me on HGTV. Luckily, he was mollified and finally shut-up settled down to watch it. I thought I was home free and would be able to keep reading. Only problem was, I found myself completely distracted by the show and ended up watching it with him.

The show was chronicling the woes of a couple that had purchased a little home in the country but had subsequently torn it down to build a new custom home and, in the process of building the new home, went way over budget. The end of the build brought home a hard reality for them, they could not afford the new home and would have to sell it.

The woman was giving a tour of her dream home and was breaking into sobs because there "was so much of herself in it" and she "could not bare to part with it". Clearly, it was having an emotional toll on her.

You might actually be able to feel bad for her; it is easy to understand people getting a little over their heads when building a home and realizing they could not actually afford their dream. I could drum up a little sympathy for such people.

But this woman, I could not feel bad for her. In fact, the tour of her home followed by her annoyingly contrite tears, really pissed me off!

Why you ask?

Take a guess at how over budget these people went? Now take you guess and add several zeros.

These schmucks went 1.4 million dollars over budget. What was supposed to be a $800,000 home, ended up being a 2.2 million dollar home.

WTF! Are you seriously trying to tell me you did not realize that you overspent by 1.4 million dollars!

Sorry lady... but I don't feel sorry for you. If you are that dumb, then I really think you have no hope and may as well crawl into a hole and not move for the rest of time.

Seriously, some people. WTF right?