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Why is it so quiet? Oh no. (lemmy.world)

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My parents didn't buy good furniture until after I left home. They always said they would when the kids were gone but I moved out and my first visit they had new furniture, so I'm pretty sure it was me they were waiting for to leave.

Unrelated, I spilt coke on the new furniture on that first visit.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have crappy old couches etc....because my three boys are very rough.

Why buy nice stuff that you have to worry about.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

We have never bought new couches. My main chair is older than I am. But I did sit in a chair in a shop the other day and the back was right up behind my head, a surprisingly hard thing to find for someone tall-ish like me. Almost made me want to buy it.

I hate visiting other people because they have short backed couches that just aren't person-shaped. Makes me wonder how they sit there for hours.