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Why is it so quiet? Oh no. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/parenting@lemmy.world
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[–] 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's basically the best possible outcome.

Toddlers are the reason why, despite being able to afford nice furniture for the first time in our life, we're sticking with ratty couches and old Ikea coffee tables.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 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.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

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

    Why buy nice stuff that you have to worry about.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year 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.

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