Choosing the right glass coffee table with my wife was more difficult than agreeing on the best coffee maker. At least we both feel passionately picking out from the best coffee machines, but this passion made us divisive when it came to finding a good table to rest our coffee on. We are both professionals and like getting things our own way. Usually we give each other space so we don't need to fight over silly things, but when it comes to home décor, my wife wants things here way. Unfortunately, I want things my way too and this caused quite a stir when we tried to buy a table together.
We couldn't agree on a single coffee table after we had visited over 10 stores. I have a modern sense of taste and want something that is clean and simple that give the room a nice feel and is practical. My wife on the other hand would prefer the coffee table of an Austrian nobleman. She would probably have bought the table with rhinestones and golden paws of a lion, if I accepted. I was not going to live in this type of Venetian palace and told her that he did not. If you want a decorator for the King of France to play then fine, but not in my house!
We were closer to a bad fight, but I thought this going too far. We do not forgive and forget, as some couples. Our battles in several days and are very uncomfortable. I did not want a stupid tableruin my next week, so I went ahead with a compromise on the coffee table. We chose one that we could both live with even though neither of us was really crazy about it. At least we got something to put our coffee on and went home while still speaking to each other!
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