Coffee Machines And Other Coffee Headaches

If you have ever tried to agree on furniture with your wife,
you will understand my plight when we had to pick out a coffee
table together. We had shopped together for other things
before, but the only thing we ever agreed upon was our coffee
maker. Everything else is a battle compared to shopping for that
first coffee machine.

 If you have ever tried to agree on furniture with your wife,
you will understand my plight when we had to pick out a coffee
table together. We had shopped together for other things
before, but the only thing we ever agreed upon was our coffee
maker. Everything else is a battle compared to shopping for that
first coffee machine.

My wife and I are both type A professionals with strong
convictions and strong tastes and not afraid to voice either. We
usually are able to let the other have enough space to create
and function in their own way, but when it comes to our common
space, we both have a lot to say about it. We have had some
major battles about the furniture in the living room , how to
arrange it, what color each room should be painted, what
accessories to buy, etc. This is exactly what happened when we
decided we needed to have a new glass topped coffee table.

There are at least a dozen stores that sell glass topped coffee
tables in our immediate vicinity, and we went to each one. In
all of these, there was not one table that suited the both of
us. I have good taste, if I may say so, and prefer clean modern
lines; an table that is elegant and fencing at once. We also had
to consider the size of the living room it was going into. My
wife prefers furniture that is more elaborate and detailed,
bordering on rococo. Every thing she liked looked overly ornate
and vulgar to me. She was probably looking for a table with claw
feet and curlicues on the surface. The type of tables she liked
might have looked fine in Palace of Versailles, but not in my
living room.

It was one of the worst confrontations my wife and I have ever
had. We tend to be histrionic in our fights in any case, and our
fights are worthy of novels in and of themselves. I remembered
the last big row we had, and I didn't want to experience
something like that again. Over a house or a car, perhaps, but
over a coffee table?

Compromise ruled, and we ended up with a table neither of us
likes, a little of her taste, a little of my taste and a lot of
somebody else's.

About The Author: Jack Blacksmith is writing predominantly for
http://www.coffee- espresso- maker-tips. com , an online
publication covering information on espresso and cappuccino.
Working on his detailed writings (for instance
http://www.coffee- espresso- maker-tips. com/coffee- maker.html on
coffee maker)

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