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In my country, people do not move out of their parents' houses until they get married.

But I bought a house before I got married and I used to go around buying appliances and the usual things for a house.

At one white goods store, a saleswoman told me, "Let's not waste time. Why don't you come with her"?

She meant my fiance - because it is to be assumed that men know nothing about appliances such as hobs, ovens, washing machines etc. At the time I was not even engaged and I wanted to buy a house as an investment and also have somewhere to move out of my parents' house. She lost hundreds of Euros in commission.