“Do you think we will have room?”
“For what?” I asked.
“For the rack.”
“What rack?”
“The gun rack.”
I sat in the bar, finishing the last of my beer.
“And where do you plan on putting this gun rack?”
“In the living room.” He said smiling.
“The living room!..No no, I don’t think so.”
“Well where would we put it then?”
“The bedroom….and I would hang some nice pink Anne Geddes posters next to it too.”
“Who is Anne Geddes?!”
“The woman who takes all the photos of those babies and flowers and shit!”
I could tell by the look in his eyes that this wasn’t going to fly…and he could tell by the look in mine that a living room with a gun rack wasn’t exactly going to be my first choice in decorum.
When moving in with a boy, how do you decide what stuff stays and what stuff goes?
How do you make the compromise between pink flowers and ammunition?
I could already tell style was not on his mind when he came home from work the other day and I stood there, patiently waiting for him to make a comment.
“Soooo..what do you think?” I said.
He paused taking his work shirt off, “Umm, about what?”
“About what?!” I said taking offense to the fact that there was CLEARLY something different going on in the room.
“To the new loveseat cover I bought!”
He glanced over to the chair.
“So…how much money did you waste on that thing?”
“59 dollars..and WASTE ..what do you mean waste…can’t you see how much better the loveseats look now that they MATCH..it changes the entire look of the room! The loveseat covers making everything look in sync now!” I said, clearly pointing at the cotton fabric.
“Baby…you know what I think..”
“Yes baby?..”
“I think we should take the sausage out of the freezer to defrost for dinner tonight…”
Mother Fucker.
Was he right? Was I just wasting my money, throwing it away on things like ‘loveseat’ covers that no one was every going to notice anyway? But more importantly, should I just accept the fact that we are a young, poor couple and if we have mismatch furniture, then so be it?
We did have one thing though, one very important agreement…that we needed to get the largest TV we couple possibly afford. If we could get a TV the size of that stupid Sean John poster in the middle of God damn Times Square we would, we really would.
…And possibly a couple nice vases to go next to it…or who knows, maybe not.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:18 am
I’m am dying laughing. So hilarious. I am sure other people will notice the new slip covers. We just can’t expect our clueless men to notice those things.
When we moved to our new place, I compromised by giving the hubby the spare room, so he could put his gun rack in there. He thinks it’s ‘his’ room, to decorate and do with whatever he pleases. And I let him live in that delusion for the time being. Until babies enter the picture and then we’ll be having this conversation all over again. But at least the rack is hidden behind a door and I don’t have to look at it.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Haha thanks Brandie! Good to know someone else is going through the same thing as me! I want the place to be his as much as mine…but when he mentioned a gun rack I think my brain got all fuzzy for a minute..
April 8th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
You should never have to sacrifice style, especially for something that’s under $100. A nice apartment goes a long way and you can really never have enough. We bought a new furniture set about a year ago and I’m already thinking of a new one, along with a new bedroom set . . . when I actually have money to buy these things.
When it comes to decorating the apartment when you live with a boy, try what I did - take over the decorating
Sure, I let him keep his Simpsons poster and I even got us an awesome, giant, Baltimore Ravens flag to hang up, but all that stays hidden in the bedroom and not in the main area.
April 8th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
p.s. Brandie, my boyfriend keeps talking about a “man room,” which is what it seems like your hubby has, and I let him keep living with the delusion that I will one day let him have one. But, truth is, it will only happen if we can one day afford a big house with an extra room just for him (not likely). And in that case, I want one too!
April 8th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
haha this is all great advice..and I really do love this idea of a ‘mans room’…is there where they drink beer and make beef jerky and what not?
April 8th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
That is the only reason he has his own room, and it’s because it’s an extra bedroom. For now. He’s lucky that kids aren’t in the near future because we’re gonna need that room eventually! He wishes he had a couch and tv in there and then he’d probably never come out (except to get beer, of course).