How do you retain your style after getting married?
I told Rod that if it were up to me I'd have everything pink and fluffy with a sparkly chandelier hanging in our bedroom...but I try to tone down the girliness factor when decorating because I know we are sharing everything.
We have two bathrooms in our apartment. I know, overkill for 2 people, but we decided since we have the space we may as well spread out our stuff. So Rod uses the main bathroom and I use the one connected to our "master suite". ha!
We needed a simple shower curtain for the main bathroom. We've been looking at Ross, TJ Maxx, etc., for a cheap but acceptable one. Saturday, Rod said he found what he wanted. Let me sum it up in one word: Flames.
Yes, it was a brown curtain with red, orange and bronze colors running up and down that looked like flames. That's why he liked it.
I really tried to like it. I looked at it from a couple different angles. I even tried to say I don't like it in a nice way until I finally had to say I hated it. I imagined it in our main bathroom. The one all our guests will use.
Flames...I just couldn't do it.
I told him I was trying to compromise by choosing one that looked both masculine and feminine. He said it just meant we were both settling for one neither of us really liked. So in the end we settled on one with little blue flowers. Yes, what I mean is he basically said "get the one you want" (out of the cheap Ross selections, that is) . If he couldn't have his flames, he didn't care what he got.
I still feel kind of bad since the man really just wanted one thing in his life. He doesn't ask for much. A little closet space and a bathroom shower curtain that has flames on it.
And still...I just can't do it.
I'm the shower curtain nazi.
P.S. Once we put up the shower curtain I chose, I realized it isn't really all that swell. Dang packages. The fabric is shiny and has some ornate designs that remind me of something...let's see...the words
Taj Mahal
belly dancer
and
Aladan and the magic lamp all come to mind
Okay, it's not THAT bad, but I still don't really like it. I guess it serves me right, but sorry, I still can't do flames.
6 comments:
Uh oh! My...oh, I mean our, bedroom has two lavender walls, lavender curtains, lavender bedspread AND a sparkly chandelier. Joel has lost! Poor man, maybe I should go buy him a shower curtain with flames on it! :)
Lol that is too funny. When Andrew and I got married he brought the bathroom accessories into our marriage. It had a camping theme. We're talking a shower curtain, rug, trash can, and toothbrush holder. I lived with it for about a year and half for the sake of saving money. I finally found a cheap one (at TJ Maxx) and replaced it a couple of months ago. He really didn't want to throw away his set and insisted we save it for if ever we have a little boys bathroom.
Poor guys just don't get any say when it comes to decorating. But really, that's probably how it should stay :)
growing up, i NEVER imagined my husband caring about house decor, baby names, or even vacation destinations. but i guess just because they are male doesn't exclude them from opinions/likes/dislikes etc. pretty funny stuff.
should have gone with the Flames ;-)
when Maren and I was in the apartment we had a great shower curtain that was like vines but very toned down. nothing like the monkeys we have now, but would still fit with the monkeys.
Poor Rod, well considering I'm not a "normal girl" I would have gone with the flames as well but then again I am somewhat of a Pyro and flames hit that fancy really well. At least you tried to consider it that's better than most and who knows maybe you can go on a magic curtain ride! I can see why you wouldn't want them though.
Do you really give Rod closet space? Walt got a drawer! and I made him start folding his T-shirts instead of hanging ALL of them up.
Seriously....so funny.....FYI when we first got married and lived downtown we had two bathrooms and we each had our own. I LOVED it and sometimes wish we could to that again....boys are messy!
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