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AIBU?

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DH has painted one wall of our bedroom bright fucking yellow. This is grounds for divorce right?

133 replies

Wonc · 23/08/2014 11:41

I hate feature walls.
It hurts my eyes.
I like white.
And grey. Grey is nice.

AIBU?

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whatadrain · 23/08/2014 11:43

DH painted one of our grey walls bright yellow on a whim. I feel your pain.

Castlemilk · 23/08/2014 11:43

It's certainly grounds for a frogmarch to B&Q and a day's interment in your bedroom with:

  1. a pot of grey paint
  2. brushes and rollers
  3. the feature wall, with 'PAINT THIS GREY' scrawled over the yellow with grey marker pen.

However, I like yellow. So I would probably have been pleased...does depend on the yellow though.

LadyLuck10 · 23/08/2014 11:43

That is a horrific eyesore. Is it a bedroom wall?

WorraLiberty · 23/08/2014 11:44

Was there absolutely no discussion beforehand?

firesidechat · 23/08/2014 11:45

Didn't he consult you first? Having said that it takes about a year to decide on paint colours in our house. Consultation ad nauseam.

Fortunately my husband loathes yellow with a passion. Is it very bright?

Trills · 23/08/2014 11:45

Did he manage to move furniture and paint the wall all while you were out? That's pretty efficient.

Good thing he's a quick worker, he's got a bit of painting to do!

LatteLoverLovesLattes · 23/08/2014 11:48

He painted the wall without discussing it with you?

Feck that for a game of soldiers!

Oh well, I'm sure the grey will work well over the top and it shouldn't take him too long Grin

Thebodyloveschocolateandwine · 23/08/2014 11:52

Oh I love yellow so think it sounds nice.

Grey walls? Sounds like a cave. Grin

RJnomore · 23/08/2014 11:52

Maybe he doesn't like grey?

Wonc · 23/08/2014 11:52

Yes. It IS a horrific eyesore.

I will take a photo when I can find my sunglasses.

Conversation went like this:
Fuckwit with no taste: So what colour would you like?
Me: White
Fuckwith with no taste: All white?
Me: Yep

Then when I came home:
DD: Dad bought white paint
Me: Great
DD: And yellow
Me: You're joking
DD: No
Me: You are joking?
DD: No
Me: Please tell me you are joking

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BarbarianMum · 23/08/2014 11:53

Maybe the 2 of you should talk about your colour scheme. He clearly doesn't like your ideas any more than you like his.

Wonc · 23/08/2014 11:55

Oh did I mention our floors are bamboo - so yellow ish?

He also managed to pick the one colour to clash completely with our ensuite, which is cream.

It is hideous.

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ForalltheSaints · 23/08/2014 11:56

Not a problem if you are from Brazil!

Wonc · 23/08/2014 11:59

He said he thought I would like it because my iPhone is yellow Hmm.

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LatteLoverLovesLattes · 23/08/2014 12:01

Fuckwit with no taste Grin

He would be Now Very Busy Repainting Fuckwit if he lived here Grin

Idiot.

If it wasn't what he wanted he should have said so not just done what he wanted!

Vitalstatistix · 23/08/2014 12:01

I need to see the shade of yellow first, but assuming it's a nice one, I'd like it. A nice yellow is really cheerful. It'd be nice to wake up to every day.

don't hurt me. Grin

Deverethemuzzler · 23/08/2014 12:01

I love yellow.
No WAY would I have it my bedroom though.

That is just MAD.

Deverethemuzzler · 23/08/2014 12:02

His logic makes him sound like my OH.

But my OH is downstairs.

So it can't be him.

PenisesAreNotPink · 23/08/2014 12:02

I used to love yellow and still think it looks amazing in a Georgian house.

In an 80's house, not so much

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Vitalstatistix · 23/08/2014 12:03

What colour's yours D? Mine's green. Which is relaxing but dull.

Wonc · 23/08/2014 12:06

He's in there at the moment moving furniture, so I can't take a photo until he is done incase he thinks I am giving it tacit approval.

I am not.

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RedToothBrush · 23/08/2014 12:08

I was going to say YABU as I love bright yellow.

Then you said your floors are bamboo and you have a cream ensuite.

Not good.

enormouse · 23/08/2014 12:11

Our entire (rented) house is bloody yellow. It's relentlessly cheerful.

I hate it.

HeySoulSister · 23/08/2014 12:13

Is it the yellow dulux feature wall paint?