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    What makes a person trash a foreclosing house?

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    We went through a foreclosure when I was 15. I somewhat trashed the house. I was angry, immature, and depressed. I wrote all over the walls in black marker. I poured the cat's litter box out on the downstairs carpet. Friends and I went back the day after we moved out and threw eggs at the house. When the bank pulled a trailer into the carport to clear out the stuff we couldn't take, we took the Christmas lights off the roof and tied the trailer to the carport beams. I'm sure there's more but I can't remember it.

     

    As an adult, I wouldn't do that, but I have so much anxiety due to that experience I'm not sure I'd survive another foreclosure.

     

    I think this puts the behavior into perspective. You were a child, and you behaved like a child. As a mature adult you would not respond in the same way.

     

    A skewed perception of reality.

    Misplaced vengeance/anger.

    A sense of entitlement they haven't earned.

    Some people are just like that when confronted with anything they don't like.

     

    This has nothing to do with the current housing market, it was that way when I was in elementary school and my dad had a side job cleaning foreclosed homes and getting them ready for sale.

     

    What she said.

     

    FTR I have read the articles, and the injustice is horrific. I am very sorry that so many people have had to go through this. I appreciate that you all behaved respectfully even in dire circumstances. The world can take everything I have, but I refuse to let them change who I am.

    Need a brief moment of assistance on my dh's cover letter (Please?)

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    In the required qualifications for the position it says:

     

    Proficient computer skills, including

    Microsoft Office programs, and ability

    to quickly learn other programs specific

    to the position/department.

     

     

     

    Based on the advice of a head hunter we know, I'm listing all the stated qualifications for the position in the cover letter in one column, with DH's skills/experience in the other column. DH's computer skills are limited -- he can learn as needed, but he doesn't have "proficient computer skills, including MO programs" today as we submit the application. What do I write in the second column? I can't really leave this qualification out since I've included ALL the other ones, for which dh does have sufficient experience/skills. Any advice?

     

    Does he have any experience with other word processing, spreadsheet or database programs that he could list?

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