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[–] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

My parents' house had such a room! I always thought it was weird to dedicate a room as a shrine to some mythical guest who would someday come and honor it with their presence.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    I've seen rooms like this and, while it sounds like a stereotype I promise this is just an observation, they were 100% of the time created by bored rich wives who were all but estranged from their always working or golfing type husbands.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago*

    My grandparents had that! It had an old TV, old furniture, and pictures of old people who I didn't recognize. Sometimes my grandparents would close off this den, but we were never allowed to touch things in there either way. I thought that the people I didn't recognize from the old photos were some family who was renting the room from my grandparents; the doors were obviously closed when this imaginary family was home.

    My wife and I bought their house, donated everything we could to museums or families who need stuff, and have turned it into an office/gym/workspace. But my mom, wife, and I still call it "the other people's living room," just like I did as a kid.

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