it's a whole lot of fun

So S and I have been looking at buying a house. And we found one last weekend, and it was good. And we put in an offer, which was rejected. And we put in a higher offer, and it was also rejected. And so now I have come to the following conclusions:
1) Vendors are greedy and sneaky
2) Mortgages are a rip off
3) It's not possible to have a nice house in a nice area with a driveway for two cars and a garden for three cats
4) Housebuying sucks donkey balls

I suspect that these are well-known facts that I've simply never been privy to before now. But they make me a bit sad.

Gay, gay, gay.