I figured it'd help my reputation quite a bit, and I believe it did.
I'd never had someone come watch something like that, but I was used to an audience. Just, you know, not while building something.
They'd come have lunch on my lawn. They didn't ask or anything, they just did it. Everyone wanted to see 'the mansion' being built.
I do not call it a mansion, for the record. I call it my house. It's a big house, but I don't think of it as a mansion. You've seen pics. Would you call it a house or a mansion?
It really does not strike me as a mansion, more a huge fucking house
If I hired full time live-in staff, technically I'd have them live in an outbuilding built for purpose, then I think that'd make the difference. If I did that, it's a mansion. As it is, I still gotta vacuum the rugs so it's a house.
It's lived in. Sure, there's some rooms that don't get used much, but that's 'cause I wanted the capacity to expand into my house.
The grounds aren't carefully curated. The lawn gets mowed, the gardens tended, the flowers sometimes watered, etc...
Granted, I don't do any of that myself anymore, but that's 'cause I got lazy after smashing my femur. I'll still go out and drive my tractor. As such, I don't think of it as a mansion.
I do, however, refer to the whole thing as 'the estate'. That's formal enough without being a pompous asshole about it. Well, I think so...
Is 'the estate' too pompous? I only use it when I'm talking to people who already know I have a big house, lots of land, lots of other stuff, etc... If you were Joe Blow on the street, you'd never know anything was up 'cause I'd just call it my house.
I don't know if 'the estate' is too pompous or if it is more or less pompous than 'the mansion'.
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