Whether to buy a house: nesting versus freedom to move

The wife asks whether it is a good idea to buy a house in the region where they live.

The Wonders ask what each of them actually wants, observing that she is looking to nest and that a house would give her a base, while Frederic values the freedom, and even the thought of the freedom, to move, which owning a house removes.

They tell him he must become aware of what he truly desires and chooses, and that once the nesting question is answered between the two of them, the location becomes merely a matter of choice and preference.