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Husband wants a pool table

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Luce988 · 06/04/2022 15:10

My husband and I have a 2 year old and a baby on the way, and we’ve always lived in small flats with no outdoor space. We recently purchased our first house, and we picked this house was because there’s an annex out the back which he could use as his studio to work from home, plus it doubles as a lovely guest house with a bedroom, bathroom, small kitchenette and living space. My parents are coming to stay there once the baby arrives. The guy we bought it from (a bachelor who lived there alone, has parties and grown up kids who moved out) has a pool table there. And he said it was a hassle for him to move, so he’d give it to us for very cheap. I wasn’t interested, but my husband wants to put the pool table in the annex in the living space, and we keep arguing about it. My issues are: he’s never once expressed the slightest interest in pool, we’ve not played a game the entire time we’ve been together for 6 years. It’s not really going to be used by anyone else, it’s not toddler/baby friendly. We have a young family and don’t have parties. I have no interest in playing, even if I did find some spare time with two littles. And we’ll forfeit that living space for when guests/family do come to visit. I’m not against him having his own ‘thing’, but does it have to be a huge table that takes up the entire room and will likely never get used? I guess I’m just trying to get others opinions, am I being unreasonable?

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Cleanbedlinen12 · 06/04/2022 15:14

No. Just had this with mine. Luckily I found a second hand one, he wanted to spend a fortune on a new one. It’s now taking up an entire room that no one else can use, and no, he doesn’t use it either.

IncompleteSenten · 06/04/2022 15:14

Not at all.

I'd go with it and let him realise it's a pain in the arse. It'll soon go.

MossyBottom · 06/04/2022 15:19

We had one when our DC were aged around 8 to 14 and it was great for them and their friends. Also a table tennis table. But we were not short of space and I don't think it's something an adult would use.

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Cleanbedlinen12 · 11/04/2022 22:41

Partner got ours for kids to play on but they don’t have their mates round. Very odd.

Babyroobs · 12/04/2022 00:35

We had to compromise and have a dining table which converts to a pool table ! We also have a table tennis topper too !!
When we first got it we played every evening but the novelty soon wore off.

Ijustreallywantacat · 12/04/2022 00:51

I second baby roobs idea. Get a table top for it. Great for when mates are round, or for parties! I’d love one.

Sweetpeasaremadeofcheese · 12/04/2022 03:25

It's a table tennis table with mine. We're currently moving to a place with NO SPACE for it and it gets used maybe once every two years but he won't let it go.

ChiselandBits · 12/04/2022 08:02

They're not kid unfriendly.. Its a table. It's not dangerous, fiddly or sharp. How often do people realistically stay compared to how often you live in the space? Can't really see the harm. You don't stop being a person with interests when you're a grown up or parent.

pictish · 12/04/2022 08:05

@ChiselandBits

They're not kid unfriendly.. Its a table. It's not dangerous, fiddly or sharp. How often do people realistically stay compared to how often you live in the space? Can't really see the harm. You don't stop being a person with interests when you're a grown up or parent.
I agree with this but realistically he’s just not going to play pool that often.

I also agree with whoever said to leave it there till he gets bored of working around it when people come to stay.

ChiselandBits · 12/04/2022 08:08

But he might.. People do develop new interests at times. We have a small one. It's very much in the way but is one non screen based thing my DS will do in the house, by himself and sometimes (shock) his sis plays too and they actually have some nice interaction. It might be a good thing for you both to play when the kids are asleep, couple of beers, have a little fun instead of the usual Netflix / chores.

toomuchlaundry · 12/04/2022 08:14

If it is in the annex is he just going to play on his own as assume you can’t leave DC in the other part of the house on their own.

If it is going to be his workspace is there still room for that as well as the pool table?

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