“It doesn’t look like it’s been well maintained,” Chuck said to his wife. “Look at these vines and branches. They practically block this window.”

“First of all,” Anita said, “that’s a rose bush. It just needs to be cut back a bit and given some TLC.”

“The whole house needs TLC,” Chuck noted.

“But it has so much character,” Anita countered.

“That is just another word for money pit,” said Chuck. “I want a brand new house that no one else has ever lived in.”

“But all those new houses are so cookie cutter, so bland. They have no character at all,” said Anita.

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