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Should I buy a bright pink velvet sofa

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Proseccodreams · 25/04/2024 22:45

Hi
I’ve been divorced two years out of a pretty abusive relationship and finally got my own home again. Hooray! I have seen a beautiful bright pink velvet sofa but don’t know if I should buy it! I do want to meet my forever man so is it foolish buying such a girly colour? Maybe I should just go for another bright colour that isn’t pink
Am I massively overthinking this?!

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BouleDeSuif · 26/04/2024 08:31

Oh yes! Bright pink all the way.

My ex wouldn't let me have anything pink (yes I was a grown woman, yes I shouldn't have put up with it but here we are) and so now I have hot pink EVERYWHERE.

EleanorYoung · 26/04/2024 08:29

Please buy some glorious cushions and a lovely throw blanket to go with it!!

Quitelikeacatslife · 26/04/2024 08:27

I love it, and it will make you happy. It's also a great test of a potential new man. If he's pissy about the sofa you can wave him off. If he hates it but loves that you love it then bingo

lilybloom2 · 26/04/2024 08:25

Do it for you!
Live life for you

MavisPennies · 26/04/2024 08:23

Yes! Buy it!

jeaux90 · 26/04/2024 08:22

I remember that feeling of walking into my own place 14 years ago after being in an abusive relationship.

It felt amazing.

Buy whatever you want OP, well done for getting out, pink sofa sounds great!

Tumbler2121 · 26/04/2024 08:21

Yes! absolutely. .. .. I have two pink chairs where I hand dyed the plain covers, now looking for the perfect raspberry sofa to buy when puppy (11 months) is just a bit older and more reliable!

RefreshingCandour · 26/04/2024 08:20

TheCultureHusks · 25/04/2024 23:12

One selects the man to fit the sofa.

One does not select the sofa to fit the man.

THIS!

RefreshingCandour · 26/04/2024 08:13

I had a massive row with DH whilst on holiday and stormed off - to a jewellery shop, where I promptly bought a gorgeous expensive (for me) ring. It’s called my Angry Ring. I fucking love it, and each time I look at it I think about being powerful and in charge of my own happiness.

Get the sofa.

ByUmberViewer · 26/04/2024 08:05

TheCultureHusks · 25/04/2024 23:12

One selects the man to fit the sofa.

One does not select the sofa to fit the man.

Hahahaha 😂. That wins quote of the week.

Op you HAVE to have that sofa. My next one is gonna be pink!

cleanasawhistle · 26/04/2024 07:50

Get it ,you so deserve it.
Enjoy.

...and an update would be fab :-)

HereComesEverybody · 26/04/2024 07:46

@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius we had 2 dogs, 1 cat, dc & a busy house & we have velvet sofas/ chairs- teal velvet habitat suite in one room & grey velvet in the kitchen & blue velvet sofa bed in the office. We also have 2 x cream sofas on our sitting room & they're all in good condition !
I really wanted a bubblegum pink velvet habitat suite when we were buying but by the time our house was ready the pink was no longer available so we got teal which is also lovely & we have it about 15 years now!

OP I'm joining the chorus of..get the sofa & the very best of luck to you in your new home!

FindingMeno · 26/04/2024 07:43

Buy it and always think of it as your Fuck You sofa.
It can be symbolic of your new life beginning.

Librarybooker · 26/04/2024 07:40

Motnight · 26/04/2024 07:31

Do it! We love our bright sofa!

I love this 🥰 Our room would be too tiny for it, we have 2 seater and reupholstered chairs

HeadNorth · 26/04/2024 07:38

Fuck's sake - I can't believe you are already diminishing and squashing your wants for a hypothetical, imaginary man you have not even met! Please do not take that attitude into any future relationships you have or you will be doomed to repeat the same cycle of 'pretty abusive' relationships.

You are single - do what you want! If it puts off a man, he wasn't a man you would want. Raiase your standards and value yourself.

Posithor · 26/04/2024 07:36

I somehow convinced my husband to buy a bright orange one and it makes me so happy 😂

Perfectlystill · 26/04/2024 07:34

Yes. Do it.

Testina · 26/04/2024 07:34

TheCultureHusks · 25/04/2024 23:12

One selects the man to fit the sofa.

One does not select the sofa to fit the man.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

But it’s also a serious point. You were considering not buying something that you want, with your money, for your life… on the basis of kowtowing to a man you haven’t even met?! 😳 Oncs you’re sat on your new sofa, give your head a wobble!

BentFork · 26/04/2024 07:32

100% buy the sofa OP! It sounds like a lovely uplifting purchase that'll make you happy every time you see it/snuggle on it.Grin

Motnight · 26/04/2024 07:31

Do it! We love our bright sofa!

Should I buy a bright pink velvet sofa
Leonard1 · 26/04/2024 07:29

From now on you can buy whatever you want, whenever you want! Who cares whether other people like it!

berksandbeyond · 26/04/2024 07:24

Have high enough standards for the next guy that a pink sofa won’t put him off!

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Proseccodreams · 26/04/2024 07:22

Thanks so much for all these! Every post has made me smile, some even laugh! Thank you all!

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Redpaisely · 26/04/2024 02:13

Proseccodreams · 25/04/2024 22:57

This is the one DFS!
I will post again when I get it !

Sorry I don't like it. Sofa stays with you for years so unless you think you would change in a couple of years, I would say think carefully how you want to plan the room. If you said pink dress with pink shoes and bag, I would have said yes, go for it but sofa is a different story.

Rayna37 · 26/04/2024 02:03

I bought a bright purple sofa for my first home after years in crappy houseshares. I had been looking at beige but took my Mum, these things happen

Still have it in the home I have with my now DH well over a decade later! He loved my cool flat.

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