Living Room Furniture Sets
Selecting Living Room Furniture Sets - The Man's Opinion: The Woman's Decision
By: D Kudo
To paraphrase Dr. Laura Schlessinger: men have simple needs, which does not imply that we are simpleminded (a point that, I'm sure, some female readers may take issue with), I will open with article on living room furniture with a little vignette about the selection of the type of seats in our new SUV. Being an outdoorsman, I am naturally interested in functionality over style so I told the dealer I was interested in cloth seats. My better half wanted leather seats. Want to venture a guess at what kind of seats we drove off in? The correct answer is leather.
A woman asking a man about what he likes in living room furniture, in my opinion, is the same as her asking you if she is "fat". Does she really want an honest answer or is she simply asking you to reconfirm what she believes? I think by now you are getting the idea that it is the same as my mother asking my brother and I if we wanted peas and carrots at the dinner table. When we said "no thank you", she simply began scooping mounds and mounds of the green and orange mass on to our plates and when we objected, she simply replied, "asking you boys was just a formality". In my opinion style, color and size of the sofa carries about as much weight as declining the "request" for peas and carrots.
If one took a survey of a million women that were asked for a simple yes or no answer to the question "Do men have taste in furniture" do you think that all but a tiny minority would answer "no"? It is my opinion that the general perception of women is that men, in general, are "knuckle draggers" when it comes to style and fashion. If left to my own devices I would go to work in shorts, tee shirt and sandals or tennis shoes all of the time. Most men feel quite comfortable in a pair of Levis and a flannel shirt, thank you very much.
Do my tastes matter and do I really have taste? I think about our selection of a home. After driving around and seeing many houses it became clear that I was really not interested in whether the house was ranch or Modern, single story of multiple, corner or middle lot. I reasoned that I would get accustomed to whatever the design. I had really only two criteria. I wanted a tile roof rather than shake because if felt that tile would last longer. Being lazy, I wanted the house to be ready to go so that I would not have to be concerned with maintenance.
Think about it. What would most guys say if asked if they would like to go shopping for living room furniture or watch a bowl game. Most would agree that the latter will be the choice. Let's carry the thought one step further. Even if we did have a contrarian opinion - do you think that would really make a difference? I seem to me very unlikely that we might hear "wow, I really love this style furniture but we'll but this stuff I hate because you like it". Truth is, our vote will be vetoed, the furniture would be purchased and we will get used to it in the same way we get used to shoveling snow off the driveway.
A critical guy issue is the simple question "Is this the hill I want to die on?" Even if it was a furniture set that I had my heart set on, it would not be worth it for two reasons. It would be totally unreasonable for one to anticipate that our spouse would actually say "Hey, let's get it even though I hate it". In addition, there would likely be another price to pay if we tried to force the issue in another area - the bedroom. Let's pick another example - Do you think that a bride-to-be would actually consider your opinion if you picked flowers she hated for her bouquet? In their heart of hearts, most guys just care about where and when then need to show up at the church.
When if comes to finding the best deal, on a living room furniture set, the opinion of the man is irrelevant if it is contrary of those of our better half. To parapharase my mother asking is just a formality. In the final analysis, guys just want a comfortable place to sit down and watch the basketball game. In the unlikely event that we actually had an opinion of the type of furniture, in very short order we would get used to whatever is there. The smartest of us understands that our choice if contrary, is not really wanted. It is certain that a sofa is not the hill to die on - particulary if that death involves sleeping on it.
Epilogue: My wife insisted on making it clear that I am not treated in this manner.
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