Page 3 | Should I bin my friend's art?

PossumintheHouse · 27/03/2024 18:53

RicePuddingWithCinnamon · 27/03/2024 18:52

Don’t report me. I am scared of MNHQ.

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Sorry. You've gone over the line.

RicePuddingWithCinnamon · 27/03/2024 18:52

PossumintheHouse · 27/03/2024 18:02

Yes. Reported.

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Don’t report me. I am scared of MNHQ.

Toptops · 27/03/2024 18:50

I think it would be rude to get rid of it and worse to bin it but keep the frame. Hurtful, even though it's hideous.
My suggestion is to keep it in a less prominent place downstairs (but not the bedroom) but with another (nice) picture fastened over the top of it. That way you don't have to look at it day to day and when she comes round you can quickly whip the nice print off the top of it.
In time some mishap may befall her picture.

DisabledDemon · 27/03/2024 18:48

RicePuddingWithCinnamon · 25/03/2024 20:50

Here it is

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Oh. Um, well, yes - that is pretty awful. It looks like the sort of thing that you'd stick pins in to hex someone.

ErinBell01 · 27/03/2024 18:28

Take it with you and hang it in your bedroom. Your friend sees it when you show her around on her first visit. And then she'll never see it again, so after a while you can quietly bin it.

PossumintheHouse · 27/03/2024 18:13

CustardySergeant · 27/03/2024 18:12

Yes, and it wasn't posted by the OP, but by another poster as a joke. It's extraordinary how many people on this thread have been confused by it. There was no need to report it!

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I've de-reported it. Sorry.

Yulona · 27/03/2024 18:13

PossumintheHouse · 27/03/2024 18:02

Yes. Reported.

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

CustardySergeant · 27/03/2024 18:12

PossumintheHouse · 27/03/2024 18:08

Has it!?

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Yes, and it wasn't posted by the OP, but by another poster as a joke. It's extraordinary how many people on this thread have been confused by it. There was no need to report it!

PossumintheHouse · 27/03/2024 18:08

crumblingschools · 27/03/2024 18:04

@PossumintheHouse why have you reported, it has been explained many times that it is from Friends

Has it!?

Curioushorse · 27/03/2024 18:07

Ha ha. My in-laws have being doing this with one of their friend’s art for 40 years.

they’re still friends, and value the friendship- just hate the painting. Not sure the friendship would have lasted if they’d chucked it.

crumblingschools · 27/03/2024 18:04

@PossumintheHouse why have you reported, it has been explained many times that it is from Friends

PossumintheHouse · 27/03/2024 18:02

Bonbon249 · 27/03/2024 17:33

Isn't that one of the pictures Phoebe created on Friends?

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Yes. Reported.

Poppyfun1 · 27/03/2024 17:53

See when your old and your friend is maybe no longer with you. You will wish you still had that art she lovingly made you. People never fail to surprise me in their utter selfishness

mathanxiety · 27/03/2024 17:51

Though YYY to the bedroom suggestion.

mathanxiety · 27/03/2024 17:51

It got broken by a careless moving guy. What a shame.

Nanny0gg · 27/03/2024 17:35

Mummame2222 · 25/03/2024 20:52

Why would you bin something lovingly made for you? Store it. It’s a shame your friend made it for you, she should have done it for someone who deserves it.

Have you seen it?

I'm not sure the OP's friend really likes her...

Yulona · 27/03/2024 17:34

Bonbon249 · 27/03/2024 17:33

Isn't that one of the pictures Phoebe created on Friends?

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Is it really? That's not come up in 14 pages.

Bonbon249 · 27/03/2024 17:33

RicePuddingWithCinnamon · 25/03/2024 20:50

Here it is

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Isn't that one of the pictures Phoebe created on Friends?

Doone22 · 27/03/2024 17:20

Joyjazz · 25/03/2024 20:39

My friend painted me a picture. The sentiment was lovely but I really hate it. It's not my taste and not in keeping with my house. I keep it behind the TV and hang it whenever she comes to visit so I don't hurt her feelings as she is really proud of this piece and spent many weeks making it. I'm moving to a new house and I don't want to be carrying things that I don't like or want to my new home. I want to take the frame and bin the actual painting. She's a good friend and she is likely to visit and possibly ask where the art is.

AIBU to put the painting in the bin?

Whatever you do don't tell her it's damaged or lost in move: she'll just do you another

Emmz1510 · 27/03/2024 17:14

I was going to say put it somewhere low profile but then realised you want to reuse the frame. Did she gift the frame as well? If so then you can’t just put the frame somewhere visible and hide the picture. I don’t think you can display one and not the other!
You should have said from the beginning that it wasn’t your taste but I’m a shitbag too so this isn’t something I could have done either!
Also if you say it got damaged she might make you another!

How about

‘hey friend, would you mind awfully if I stored your painting somewhere safe and used the frame for something else? It doesn’t really match the colour scheme in the new house’.

1plus1equalswindow · 27/03/2024 16:50

Just say you don't like it, thanks. But love the effort etc. It's the only way you'll never get another one.

MaybeRevisitYourWipingT3chnique · 27/03/2024 12:01

LookItsMeAgain · 27/03/2024 11:51

Is that Mrs Mangle from the original Neighbours cast?

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I would stick my neck out and say that, yes, it most certainly is!

LookItsMeAgain · 27/03/2024 11:51

StructuredColumn · 26/03/2024 16:30

I have always fancied this on my wall. (For any fellow oldies)

Disclaimer: THIS IS NOT THE OP’S PICTURE.

Is that Mrs Mangle from the original Neighbours cast?

PilkosPumpPants · 27/03/2024 00:40

MaybeRevisitYourWipingT3chnique · 26/03/2024 22:42

Hey, that's an idea! Present her with a manky old compost bin with mouldy twigs, old egg boxes and general manky detritus spilling out of it and tell her that it's your most precious objet d'art to date - clearly symbolising (to those with an innate appreciation for art, such as her) the fact that human life can seem chaotic and brutally unbecoming on the surface, but with it comes the sure fertile promise of growth and future beauty, if only you overlook your instant prejudice and view it with the wise eyes of potential nascent wonder.

And if she doesn't give it pride of place in her living room, you will be so upset and offended that you'll know she's decided to permanently soil your close friendship, so the very first thing you will do in response is to cleanse your house of all of her artworks.

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Stealing this idea to flog to our local council who tend to buy up this sort of thing at great expense to the tax payer.

MaybeRevisitYourWipingT3chnique · 26/03/2024 22:42

LlynTegid · 26/03/2024 17:51

Declare it to be an exhibition, and nominate her for the Turner Prize.

Hey, that's an idea! Present her with a manky old compost bin with mouldy twigs, old egg boxes and general manky detritus spilling out of it and tell her that it's your most precious objet d'art to date - clearly symbolising (to those with an innate appreciation for art, such as her) the fact that human life can seem chaotic and brutally unbecoming on the surface, but with it comes the sure fertile promise of growth and future beauty, if only you overlook your instant prejudice and view it with the wise eyes of potential nascent wonder.

And if she doesn't give it pride of place in her living room, you will be so upset and offended that you'll know she's decided to permanently soil your close friendship, so the very first thing you will do in response is to cleanse your house of all of her artworks.