I've always tried to imagine what this house thing was about....IMO, it's just like her other lies....her supposedly signing up to go to college....the supposed job...the fake emails to herself....the "nanny" she "pays a lot of money for"...and on and on.
It was all just what she wanted to be HER facade. She wanted sooo badly to be/do what everybody around her were doing or had....what other people her age had achieved at that point in their lives. She, IMO, was a "wanna be". First, the "nanny" thing was a status symbol...wealthy people had em...celebrities had em....by "having" one and paying a bunch of money to hire one made it sort of help in her desire to "wrap" everything together in a neat little "package" in her mind, so to speak.
This, along with the college...the house...the prestigeous job - which the fake emails made it look like she was "important" - a person who told "others" what they needed to do - exactly the OPPOSITE of how Cindy made her feel. By having a nanny, it almost implied she was making a huge salary to be able to afford that luxury. The going to college lie made her seem like the woman trying to "better" herself....who does it all...has it all....balancing all these things in her life...and being a single mom...having a boyfriend....cooking for him....AND finding time for partying, to boot!! She even needed to say she "managed" the shot girls at Fusion. (Reminds me of the old "Enjoli" Perfume commercial..."I can bring home the bacon...fry it up in a pan....etc"...not that I can REALLY remember it, by the way.....Oh, YES I can...LOL....seems I, too, have Casey-itis -> delusional thinking)
The house was just the icing on the cake, IMO....
many parents let their kids have their houses, or take over the mortgage payments. NOW....that was the end all to her fantasy of being the woman who "had her




together".
IMO, "allowing" Amy to live with her in the house was almost what would be considered, in her mind, a "benevolent" action on her part....share her "status" she had achieved with those who, in her mind, didn't have their lives as "together" as she had. Super Mom...Career Girl.....College Girl....Home Owner....Parties....Boyfriend.
What she saw on TV or the movies or books...IMO, had become what she felt as the be all and end allof life as it should be...the ultimate achievement in her fantasy world.