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Stash it somewhere and don't mention it again. In a few weeks when he hasn't fixed it buy a new table and tell him he didn't do what he said he would if he gives you grief. You already know how he is. Why waste time nagging and reminding him to do something he claims he wants to do?
Thank goodness my husband doesn't give a hoot about decor. He also wouldn't keep anything broken as much as he doesnt like to spend money. For some reason the OP's husband has some sort of emotional attachment. She needs to find out why and then go from there.
Oh my. I would smash the thing to pieces. It sound just awful. I don't understand attachments to things like this that can't and shouldn't be fixed. I'm sorry you can't reason with your husband and make him see the light. I would never stand for it. Stones that are pulled out leaving some stones and indentations of glue?? Missing glass on the top. Paint peeling, burn marks. Just too much work to make it work again. Whatever it costs 18 years ago you he has surely gotten his money out of it by now. You have way more patience than I.
Lucy would have found an ingenious, funny solution.
You have to have a sense of humor about these things.
OK, I will use a pretty color so everyone will know immediately how easygoing I am.
My sense of humor is not the question. This is not even a decorating question. If it were, the OP would know the answer immediately: Get rid of the old, ugly broken-down table.
This is a relationship question. Since she is married, and marriage is supposed to be about caring for your spouse as you would yourself, the OP knows and has already demonstrated remarkable restraint and care for her husband's wishes.
Decorating a home that you SHARE with someone is not supposed to involve plowing over your partner, even if you think "it's for their own good." Those who have spouses who don't give a rip about decorating are lucky and can do what they want when they want.
But the OP is wise enough to know that her husband has SOME PROBLEM with getting rid of the table. She has been kind to respect that, which means she cares more about her marriage than the state of her LR.
Ridicule me all you want for saying so, but lying and getting rid of something behind his back is a decision she would pay for later.
Move the table to the garage so it truly becomes his problem to solve and the family is no longer held hostage by whatever his hesitance is.
No one wants the OP to lie.....it was a joke! You truly don't know when to stop the ridiculosness.
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Originally Posted by Wmsn4Life
OK, I will use a pretty color so everyone will know immediately how easygoing I am.
My sense of humor is not the question. This is not even a decorating question. If it were, the OP would know the answer immediately: Get rid of the old, ugly broken-down table.
This is a relationship question. Since she is married, and marriage is supposed to be about caring for your spouse as you would yourself, the OP knows and has already demonstrated remarkable restraint and care for her husband's wishes.
Decorating a home that you SHARE with someone is not supposed to involve plowing over your partner, even if you think "it's for their own good." Those who have spouses who don't give a rip about decorating are lucky and can do what they want when they want.
But the OP is wise enough to know that her husband has SOME PROBLEM with getting rid of the table. She has been kind to respect that, which means she cares more about her marriage than the state of her LR.
Ridicule me all you want for saying so, but lying and getting rid of something behind his back is a decision she would pay for later.
Move the table to the garage so it truly becomes his problem to solve and the family is no longer held hostage by whatever his hesitance is.
I'd tell my dh the truth, the table doesn't look very good right now and needs to be refinished. It'll be moved to the basement, garage, workshop, or wherever to await it's renewal. After a few months if it isn't renewed I'd get a replacement because you can't wait forever for a coffee table.
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