Porch Swing Dilemma

[Mrs Pantherfan]

We bought a house near Chantilly.

awesome! good for ya'll!

[Scrumtrilescent]

Don't put lions on the porch, go for a monkey motif:

[Mrs Pantherfan]

is that racist?

[Davidson Deac II]

Have a pool put into your backyard. Then have a shelter built beside the pool and attach the swing to the shelter. Problem solved. :)

[Scrumtrilescent]

I'm taking it back.

[Panthers_Lover]

So my parents gave my fiance and I a wedding shower present for the new house. It was a front porch swing....they assembled it and surprised us with it. (Box thrown out and non returnable too)I thought it was pretty cool but could tell my fiance had second thoughts on it.

The problem is my fiance's and my mothers taste are at two different spectrums. This porch swing has lions heads on it which I thought was pretty badass but apparently we do not having any other lion motif to go along with it.

My mother is constantly buying us small gifts all of which are kitschy and funny to me. Ugly wind-chimes, weird prayer plaques, etc....the girl puts them all away then puts them up when they come over. My fiance is pretty broken up about this because they are always overly generous and everything comes from a place of love.

So back to the issue at hand. How does she (since she has issues with it) approach them about this swing? It's going to break my mothers heart and my dads going to be pissed that he spent his Saturday putting this damned thing together...on top of that...it was a good bit of money which my parents don't really have too much of as they are throwing parties and helping with this wedding...

I told her we would paint it black and keep it up for a year then I would "break it" but she could use this as an opportunity to talk to her about buying things for our house together.

:rant:

In the whole scheme of things, is it really that big a deal? Your gal may wish to learn how to pick her battles.

[Zcustom]

Umm, the easy answer is it's not rated for your weight.

Boom, solved.

[Panthro]

I agree. This is new to both of us. I am much more laid back about things....its a good balance. My fiance feels horrible about the whole thing. I may lay down the law tonight (which means agreeing with everything she says and making a sammich)

I do side with my girl about talking to her.

[Panthro]

Umm, the easy answer is it's not rated for your weight.

Boom, solved.

This is what we are hoping...I'm eating my second Chinese buffet of the week just to be sure

[Zcustom]

This is what we are hoping...I'm eating my second Chinese buffet of the week just to be sure

Feel free to tell your mom your buddy Zcustom likes to come hang out on the porch and there's no way it'll hold us both.

I'm helpful :patriot:

[Mrs Pantherfan]

throw the colossal meat pillows on there too to weigh it down...though, they have shrunk quite a bit..but they're still good for something

[Jase]

nothing like getting cozy with your bro on a porch swing.

[Guest]

Umm, the easy answer is it's not rated for your weight.

Boom, solved.

This was kinda my angle, except.... Invite the parents over for dinner. Get drunk. Start talking loudly. Gesticulate wildly. Stumble on the porch and fall onto the swing. Wave goodbye to angry/crying parents.

[CRA]

welcome to married life.