Wife wants Orange Leather Sofas ! - what should I do ?

[jefmcg]

but (sexist) joshing aside,

FTFY

 

[Levo-Lon]

Have a conversation with her like a grown up?

does that work then,about 20 million men will be scratching their heads at that logic

 

[jefmcg]

More helpfully ....

, if she wants orange leather sofas, and it presumably matters for the love of your life, whilst not your favoured choice, I'd be going with her preference.

This seems like good advice. I am not gathering that @sheddy has any preference except "not orange".
Eg:

• I think it's a waste of money, the sofa is fine
• I'd much prefer indigo/black/fuschia/beige
• Britain is warming and leather is horrible against warm, sweaty skin
• I think we should turn the living room into a ballpit.

Those are all reasonable alternatives. "I don't like orange" is just peevish.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Ask her to buy you some orange leather hot pants. If she likes the result then just go with it.

 

[Profpointy]

Time to recount something similar. Various projects on the flat, and a studiously consulted my GF (now wife) on most design choices, but she was heartilly sick of "DIY" ( strictly speaking done by tradesmen) so when the question of what colour grout for the kitchen tiles came up I just made a decision thinking it a trivial matter . Casually mentioned it later to be met by a horrified "Black Grout, wtf !"

Luckily a theatre trip that evening their bar had black grout which looked OK and all was well. We now have the running gag of "black grout!" if either of us makes a unilateral or questionable choice.

I''ll leave to another day the tale of "the great cable disaster"

 

[dantheman]

Time to recount something similar. Various projects on the flat, and a studiously consulted my GF (now wife) on most design choices, but she was heartilly sick of "DIY" ( strictly speaking done by tradesmen) so when the question of what colour grout for the kitchen tiles came up I just made a decision thinking it a trivial matter . Casually mentioned it later to be met by a horrified "Black Grout, wtf !"

Luckily a theatre trip that evening their bar had black grout which looked OK and all was well. We now have the running gag of "black grout!" if either of us makes a unilateral or questionable choice.

I''ll leave to another day the tale of "the great cable disaster"

You didn't get the electricians to put in pink mains cables behind the drywall did you?

 

[jefmcg]

You didn't get the electricians to put in pink mains cables behind the drywall did you?

Why would he do that?

 

[Crackle]

It could be worse it could be purple

Just get a doorbell that plays the theme tune to the Adams family if you buy them.

 

[Donger]

Time to invest in a pair of Raybans.

 

[jefmcg]

I'm going to ask: why does everyone assume @sheddy's taste is better than his wife's?

My partner's taste is actually better than mine, but across a population, the women know what they are doing.

 

[Seevio]

I'm going to ask: why does everyone assume @sheddy's taste is better than his wife's?

I can' t speak for anyone else but I assume it because Mrs Sheddy wants an orange leather sofa and Sheddy doesn't.

 

[jefmcg]

I can' t speak for anyone else but I assume it because Mrs Sheddy wants an orange leather sofa and Sheddy doesn't.

Hundreds of colours could be called orange. Some are terrible, some aren't. As @sheddy hasn't shared which sofa, I'm going with the fact that most men on CC have appalling taste until @sheddy proves otherwise.

And even ugly orange can work in the right space.

 

[alicat]

Errm, isn't this just meant to be a light-hearted thread to cheer the OP up until he decides how he is going to handle the situation?

Or am I just too chilled for this forum at the mo?

 

[stephec]

Errm, isn't this just meant to be a light-hearted thread to cheer the OP up until he decides how he is going to handle sitting on an orange sofa for the next few years?

Or am I just too chilled for this forum at the mo?

To keep it light hearted - ftfy.

 

[alicat]

^^^^ Nice one!