To be honest, Lee, I have never drawn the analogy. That’s despite having every opportunity right now, too! As you probably recall, my beloved lives over 2 hours away, and we’re planning on our futures together. But she doesn’t like my house. So we look at houses online, drive past some, visit a few, though we do all this more in preparation for a purchase next year than one immediately. All that “house think” is very familiar but I have never drawn the parallel to the relationship.
I suppose the fact that the two "searches" are at different stages has everything to do with that.