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to consider getting rid of DS' snooker table?

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petersham · 09/01/2012 14:07

Well, it was bought by DH who is now estranged so no love lost there. He would have taken it with him but never had enough room so it is not as though he left it for us.

DS(then 5) had only started getting into snooker at this point and has come to regard it as being his property and would really like us to play together. Hmm

I appear to have thrown the legs away but the basic table top is huge, heavy, footballers mansion pubby and I just don't have room for it, unless I sacrifice my dream to have a table in my dining room (even though I do have a kitchen table which fulfils this purpose).

It is propped up against a (probably crumbling wall) so I can't even put it down horizontally for games unless I organise for this to be done for once and for all. I would have got rid of it immediately were it not for the guilt as it is really taking up space and just looks crap (not a snooker fan here).

I realise that it may remind DS of the few good memories he had of DH before everything went downhill.

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oohbabybaby · 09/01/2012 14:09

Why not get rid & buy a small table top one? That way he can carry on being interested in it & you can start new memories together playing with it.

petersham · 09/01/2012 14:16

Thanks oohbaby - I have suggested that but he wants this one only and will not compromise.

I would be interested to know if it is possible to have it built into a normal table so that it could be used in a dual purpose way

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MabelLucyAttwell · 09/01/2012 16:27

The able belonged to your DH and you stored it after he left. You did not say how long ago he left. After your DH left the premises, did the table belong to your child? In either case, it's not yours to decide what to do with it. Ask your XDH if he weants it to start with.

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