Houses? Are thye really all that great to look at?

Last week, while I was playing Nintendo in the morning, I was so rudley interrupted by a phone call saysing, "We gotta go help the people move in." Being the great kid that I am, I got ready and went over and helped. After the move in, everyone was looking all over the house, and the new owners were saying they had to see everyone else's house. People were even saying they had to see my house (becuase we just got finished with a big remodel.) Why does this irresistable desire to see anothers' home happen?

When I think about it, it's almost like territorial dominace. Stuff like: "You have a bigger, nicer house then me, I should be nice to you." Looking at someones' house is a great way to prejudge their lifestyle, income, and general setting. For example, if you walk into someones house and it is clean vaccumed and the French house maid walks by in the next hall over, you can pretty much assume they are more wealthy than others.

Another possibility is the women. No offense to you women, but you have to see how other women decorate and what they to do their homes to make it, what you call "homey." You can get ideas from another house, how things look, what type of things to buy, new spots to put baskets, and where to put a key hanger. Stupid things like that, but they really do make home homley. I'm sure that this is a major factor in the "Let's see your house. . . " set of mind.

Thats pretty much it, so you can stop reading now. . . . . . :)