Oh, my . . the recliner is such a touchy subject for me. It starts with my belief that you sleep in the bed, in the bedroom, and you “live” in the living/family room. You sit in the chair or on the sofa. You do not sleep in the chair. You do not sleep in the living room. Vince gets in the recliner, reclines all the way back to where he’s in an almost supine position. Who wouldn’t fall asleep in that position? It takes him about 30 seconds from the time he walks in the door to get comfy in the recliner and begin snoring. I say “Please go take a 20 minute nap in the bed and then come back and be awake?” Why is he so opposed to sleeping in the bedroom and being awake in the family room?
His broken chair . . I’m sitting here knitting and it sounds like a gun going off when it doesn’t hold in the right position and it has been doing that 2 or 3 times per evening. It started out doing it occasionally, then once a day and now it’s several times a day. It scares the heck out of me when he’s sitting there sleeping, the TV is off, I’m knitting and BAM! So, yes, after asking for months for him to get it fixed, I said “One more week and if it isn’t fixed, I’m dragging it into the front yard and burning it!” We don’t have curbs nor do we have trash pickup but we do have matches! In fact, it was about six months ago that he wrote down all the info about the chair and made a few phone calls but never got so far as getting parts to fix it.
Here’s the entire recliner story. When Vince and I got married, he had two blue recliners. That was in 1997. They were pretty much worn out. One night when Vince was all stretched out in the recliner, Chad went to do something and put all his weight on the extended foot section and it broke. From that day forward, it was totally lopsided and it took two people to get it in the right position. Nope, still not ready to get rid of it. Then, Speck got up in the chair and dug a huge hole . . a real hole with stuffing coming out. Every time Speck noticed no one was in the chair, he’d get in it and try digging out more stuffing. I said “Vince, we HAVE to get new recliners!” This was in our family room — the room where visitors would come. Vince said “I won’t get up if we have company and no one will see the hole. No.
We looked everywhere for recliners. Vince would sit in them. Nope, didn’t like it. One day I had gone over to Indiana (just across the river from where we lived in Kentucky). I stopped at a furniture store and saw two blue recliners. I went home and told Vince. He agreed to go look at them. He sat in them. He said ok. We set up a delivery schedule. They were delivered when Vince was at work and they did haul away the work out recliners. He came home, sat in the chair, immediately jumped up, called the furniture store and did say “Where is my chair? I want it back!” Nope, already dumped off at the dump. That was probably in about 2002. He immediately began looking for a new recliner and did find one, another blue one, and bought it probably that same year. It lasted til he bought a new recliner, the one he currently has, in 2010.
Here’s the blog post when Vince bought the recliner that’s currently waiting for new parts. Looks like we’ve had it about 7-1/2 years.
So, please don’t fall for his sob story about that recliner!
As far as me not sending him real estate listings to look at . . I was sending several a day and I would say “Did you look at those listings?” and he would say “Not yet!” but he never looked at them so I said . . I’m wasting knitting time looking at houses so I stopped looking and now . . guess who’s looking and sending me links!
Email from Vince
I did like that house but it has white cabinets and tile block countertops. I told him I’d see the house if he agrees to gut the kitchen before we move in. Nope . . he won’t agree to that and I won’t agree to painted cabinets.
It makes me happy that he’s taking the lead in looking for a house.
Karen Sutton says
I think falling asleep in a recliner is a ‘boy brain’ thing. Bob does it all the time and to tell the truth it’s nice and peaceful when he’s napping in his chair:) We’re on our (his) fourth recliner – this one is the best so far – he got the electric one with all the bells and whistles – mine matches but all I have to do is pull the lever and it reclines. You should see him when he wants to get up in a hurry – ain’t gonna happen – got to wait for the motor to do it’s work.
Joan says
Oh no…not another blue recliner guy!!! When I gave my hubby’s blue recliner to our son who moved out, you would have thought I had cut off his arm and thrown it away. I put up with pouting for years over that one. We now have a tan one that has seen it’s better days for sure, but I’m not about to go thru the blue recliner drama again! LOL!!!
I do feel your pain.
Liz says
I thought that raising your head while sleeping is supposed to stop snoring. Has Vince been tested for sleep apnea?
/Liz
Dottie says
LOL – too funny! (or maybe not)
Tee says
Hubby resisted buying a recliner, because he knew he would just fall asleep in it. He sat in a stuffed chair for years until I found a recliner that didn’t look like a recliner and better yet, it was a nice soft black leather. I gave it to him and sure enough, he falls asleep in it while watching TV. The only saving grace is that he doesn’t snore, so as long as I have the remote and can pause whatever he is watching, I enjoy the quiet when he is asleep.
Mary says
I would not have a recliner in my house if it were possible. But I guess if a recliner that works and diet cokes are all it takes to keep hubby happy, I should be happy!
Penny says
I read Vince’s post today & wondered “really?” especially that I thought he was just getting carried away as he was typing his post. Actually I’m still enjoying a good laugh! My husband used to do the same thing ~ climb into his recliner to watch tv & immediately fall asleep but while snoring away he would still manage to hang on to the tv remote! Now that was nothing to laugh about!
Susan says
I have a sofa with a recliner at both ends, but I don’t ever put it all the way back. It’s against the half-wall where the stairs go down to the landing, anyway. It’s comfortable and putting the foot up helps my ankles, but the whole thing is not in the best condition, though it’s comfortable and has no obvious holes. One of these days, I’m replacing it with a love seat that is super comfortable. I just have to find it! Now if I could find a big old barrel chair, I’d truly be thrilled! LOL I don’t like to sleep in the living room, either. Beds are far more comfortable.
The Eclectic Abuela says
I often wish for a recliner–I used to sleep in one when my sinus pressure was bad.
Sue S says
There must be a blue recliner CLUB… my hubster has one too, also broken. He fixed it with a board and that makes a big ridge at the front where your legs hang, so now he’s sitting on the pillow I bought in Hawaii. 🙁 He asked what I wanted for Valentine’s Day and I said “For you to get a new recliner!” NOPE. It creaks and groans, and he sleeps in it but only at 3/4 back because that’s all the farther it will go. When I ask him if he had a nice nap he says “I wasn’t sleeping!”
Jackie says
I feel your pain, my hubby does the same thing. His recliner leans to the left and he sleeps every time he gets in it even when family come over. He tells us he’s only able to sleep in front of people he feels safe and comfortable with, I say feel threatened no one wants to hear your snoring.
cajunbear2013 says
I don’t get the sleeping in the recliner thing either. I love my rocker-recliner but don’t recline at all, I rock! lol My hubby will not go into the bedroom to nap…when the kids were little he expected me in dead of winter to keep all three of them quiet while he slept all Sunday afternoon. It’s always been a sore spot for us! Today he’s 81 and I’m 72….when I was in bad health I began going to nap in the afternoon…drugs will do that to you! lol Now I want to sew, he wants to nap….but will not go in bedroom. I don’t think we’ll ever resolve this issue. He says he’ll sleep where he wants to! So sleep on and me like a nut I try to keep quiet. But I’m nice like that! lol