Go To Your Room, Dear

May 27, 2008 08:11

CNN.com reports that the "man cave" is a decorating trend growing in popularity. More and more, one room in the house is designated as the "mantuary", where the husband does (and decorates) as he likes. Big screen TVs, computers, wet bars, Iron Maiden posters - it's a man's world in the man's cave. Take the example of Brian, 30, in Cleveland, Ohio, who says, "I have it decorated with all the sports memorabilia that my wife would not allow anywhere in the house in a million years." That was the deal Brian made with his wife when they bought their 1,110 square foot house - the 150 square foot basement was all his, and the rest was all hers.

Brian should grow a pair of balls.

The day I agree to a "man cave", hang me on a hook in the sun for the crows to eat. When you buy a house, you share a *house*. Brian in Cleveland is a sucker if he thinks he got a deal when his wife got him to put his name on the mortgage in exchange for 13% of the square footage. And here's another note, Brian - your wife doesn't really like you. She likes a version of you she has imagined, one that doesn't collect sports memorabilia. You're an accessory to her life, Brian, jammed into the corner she didn't want. You should find a woman who treats you like a human being instead of one of those dogs you can carry under your arm.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/05/02/mantuary.marriage/index.html
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