New Horse in the Household

I just bought a new horse.
How easily that slips off the tongue.
But my question to you is: Does everyone go through the same gut-wrenching experience that I do when I commit to a new horse?

The search for the horse first takes over my life. Hours on the internet. watching videos on YouTube, first of the horse you were looking at and then of the other interesting videos that pop up right after that video finishes.
Doing searches with all combinations and permutations of the right words.
Running across interesting horse books on the way, or a trailer for sale that looks like a possibility -- only to remind myself that I'm not buying books or trailers.

Then there's the visits. Setting up the time and day. Watching the weather. Finding the place. Trying not to be affected by how the barn looks, but focusing on how the horse looks. Trying to judge if the owners are telling the truth. Looking into the horse's eye to see into it's real character. Looking at its legs. Picking up its feet. Trying to spook it to see its reaction. Stepping back 20 feet to look at topline, overall conformation. Watching its reaction to being led and saddled.

Then there's the ride. Is there a place to really test the horse's capabilities? Is going around the barn aisle going to tell you anything? Or circling around a small roundpen (NO.) Does the fact that he goes slow away from the barn and fast coming back mean he's going to be barn sour or just acting like every other horse trying to get back to his buddies. Does he feel rough or is that just the saddle you are using?

And if everything is right... There's that final decision, should I make an offer? Do I like the horse enough to live with it for the next few years, or maybe a lifetime? Will she become my best friend or "the mistake I made"? Will he turn out to be Mr. Manners on the trail or "Hell Bent for Leather"? (Where DID that saying come from?)

Finally, if I can answer Yes, this one is a keeper, there's the offer and the negotiation. I hate that part. Wish I were rich and could just say "Yeah, asking price is good, load 'er up." But the asking price is never good. Always too high and everybody knows it.

And finally the getting home. Is her one foot a little clubby, didn't notice that before. Gosh she makes a mess of her stall. But, oh, she's as sweet as she was before I bought her, her coat is just as shiny...

Gut wrenching, that's what it is for me. Exciting but nerve wracking. Do all horse owners feel this way?