“Honey, why do you always sit on that side of the sofa when you watch TV!?” my wife says. What!? “It’s my house and my furniture too” I reply! I can’t believe it… She goes on to explain
that sitting on one cushion will ruin the sofa. I need to change it up and spend equal amounts of time on each cushion to even the wear.
A few months ago we bought a beautiful new leather sofa. My wife had talked about it for months. I wasn’t paying attention. But I should have taken a hint. I hate to shop, can think of nothing more heinous, especially for furniture. I think I would rather stand in line at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles for days than hang around a furniture store for an hour.
Anyway, we shop and shop and shop. Finally, we find a nice soft Royal Heritage® leather sofa that feels soft as a baby’s butt. Long enough to stretch out on and take a Sunday nap. Even the arms were padded enough to cradle my head perfectly. Better yet, the thing comes with a large ottoman that I can put my feet up on. If this is how the sofas are in heaven, I can’t wait to get there!
So, it’s Monday night, I’ve worked hard all day and I am beat. All I can think of is getting home, getting into sweat pants and a big t-shirt, grabbing a beer and potato chips, maybe sneak a few pieces of candy my wife has hidden, then plopping on my new leather sofa with feet propped up on the ottoman (socks only of course). I have the end table strategically placed on my left and at the perfect height. The lamp switch is at shoulder height for easy on and off. Huge matching leather storage ottoman placed perfectly in front of me.
I grab my favorite blanket out of the storage ottoman along with a pillow. I put the pillow beside me as an arm rest and throw the blanket over my lap and legs. The beer, chips and candy are placed on the end table to my left exactly at arm distance. The computer is on my lap and NFL.com dialed up. I reach across to the TV remote control (placed a half inch from the beer). Monday Night football begins and the opening song of the show drifts heavenly through the room.
“You always sit on that cushion” a voice says. What? Who is talking – oh crap, that’s right, my wife is sitting just seven feet away in a chair reading. I completely forgot she was there – forgot she was even home… Look, I am a big guy, with a computer on my lap; I do tend to punish a sofa cushion. “This is MY spot” I say. “I have all the comforts of home right here, I always sit here – I HAVE to sit here” I reply defiantly. I even went into an explanation about dominant eye… “I don’t care, you are ruining that cushion! Look, it already looks more smashed than the one at the end, and we’ve only had the sofa for a couple of months” my wife replies. “Ok, ok, geesh, I will sit on the other end I guess”.
I slowly throw the blanket off my lap, set the lap top down and push the pillow away. I shove the ottoman out so I can stand up. I pick up my beer, chips and candy (which she now sees and makes a comment that she has to change the hiding place…), and carry them over to the other end table on the right side of the sofa. I sit down. The cushion sits much harder at this end, and higher. I don’t like it. There is no lamp on
this side and it is uncomfortable to make the reach now with my opposite hand… I put my feet back up on the ottoman, pull the blanket back over me and put the pillow under my arm as the armrest. I am uncomfortable and a plant is in the way…
My wife is now happy. I am not. This end of the sofa is too hard. I can’t reach my beer and food comfortably. The pillow does not feel the same under my arm. The blanket is cold now. And I can’t see the football game as well because I am not using my dominant eye… So, I remove the pillow and call my dog Benson up on the sofa.
He gets comfortable next to me and I have a new soft arm rest on my left side. It’s a little better now.. Then I hear “Andrew, how many times have I told you to not let the dog on the sofa!?” Geesh, I can’t win…
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