I like Howie... and I am a betting kind of gal so sometimes the odds are in the contestants favour I totally understand why they take the next risk. Unfortunately, when the tables turn, they usually can not go back! Myself... I may have turned down the 600,000 too, I don't know how much that audience can change a person's mind? But for such a young girl, who really hasn't been out much, she was so into "health insurance" and being able to affording having a baby? For those of us living in Canada what kind of cost is it? Sorry I don't mean to get off topic... bad habit Thanks Rosie

I didn't see the show at all tonight. Will someone please explain what the (broken) piggy bank is all about? I'm guessing that this female contestant brought along a piggy bank and that it got broken? Is that correct? Who broke it, and how? Was it an accident or intentional? Inquiring minds want to know! Thanks! And, for what it's worth, I, too, often think the contestants seem rather greedy. I mean, they came into the game with nothing; and although it would be way cool to win a million dollars, I'd be mighty happy with an extra $20,000 right about now, so I could give it to my younger sister to help her towards getting another car (she was rear-ended on the freeway on New Year's night, and it totaled her car).

It is likely to late now, but " two wire nuts present in a breaker box" is not acode violation. Breaker boxes are also listed as junction boxes, and you can extend wires (or join two wires that then connect to a single breaker) inside the box as required as long as you do not exceed the fill rules for the wring gutters. Most boxes have huge wring gutters and you would have to work very hard to approach their ifll limit in a residential setting. When you bring an essentially incorrect 'finding' to the negotiating table you are likely to taint everything else you ask for. Unless the possibility of FHA financing was called out in the offer you submitted (thus effectively making the FHA rules part of the contingency) the seller has every right to reject your request for any repairs. An experienced RE agent would have likely told them not to accept an offer contingent on FHA financing. For the most part their is no rule that ANY repairs must be made by the seller, safety or otherwise. I have purchased houses with all sorts of gross defects, right down to sections of floors marked off as unsafe to walk on. As long as it is readily apparent and no steps have been taken to conceal a defect you can sell 'as is'. Some places like to revoke COs at sale, giving them a shot at a warrantless (as in no search warrant needed) inspection of the house for code enforcement and tax valuation. By blocking a CO they can force repairs, but often cannot control who must make or pay for the repairs. The revoked CO and refusal to issue a new one can stop the whole selling process cold sometimes since it represents a serious reduction in the value of the property. It is no longer suitable as a home. Since repairs are almost always cheaper than suing the government, the sellers capitulate.

Its easy for people to say run and get out of this relationship, but if you're truly in love with him, it's not an easy thing to do. I'm sure you already know that. I think you have to do a few things. First, if you can't accept that he has a child and you're not "his first", then move on because it is what it is and it's not going to change. There is a child involved and it's not fair if you go into this relationship with some bitterness that could affect this child later on. If you are truly in love with this man and can't live without him, then accept that he has a child, accept that you need to be a loving stepmom to this child and have a heart to heart sit down with your fiance to let him know that and most of all, that there can be no more lying/deception. I'm not making excuses for his lying at all, but it's possible that he knew how you would react and how you want to be his first and that's why he was embarrassed and scared to say anything. If you let him know that you're supportive of the fact that he now has a child, hopefully he'll be more forthcoming in the future. If not, move on. And I'd also wait a while if you do get married, before having a child. Wait and see how he does with being a father to this other child before you put another child into the picture. If he's not a loving, supportive father to his first child, do you really want him to father your child? I would think not. Bottom line, you can't re-write history, accept the current situation or move on. Good luck to you, I wish you the best.