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Bloody hell - I couldn't care less about the sodding mirror

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Gobbolinothewitchscat · 30/10/2015 12:11

OK - I'm 37 weeks pregnant, have a 1 and a 2 year old and am just coming to the end of massive building works and am very hormonal
so maybe I am being unreasonable

My DM is lovely and normally we get on very well. She and DF are super helpful and come to visit a lot to help with the DC.

Part of the work being done is a lift extension with en suite and I have asked for her views on various things. Now, whilst I haven't done anything I specifically don't want to do, I have done a lot of things I might not have to make sure that she and DF are comfortable when they come to stay. So there will be a TV up there and we've had an ariel installed so there will be freeview (we had sky). The sink has been moved in the en suite so it has a mirror above it. A ledge has been built under the window at a certain height so that there is space for people to put toilet bags, I got a bigger sink than I probably would have chosen to make sure there is space actually right beside the sink - apparently an absolute necessity for guests. The sink has drawers under it to ensure that guests have storage in the bathroom - another necessity. 70,000 spotlights on dimmers and plugs have been installed to ensure that guests have every type of shade of lighting they could want along with the bedside lights and cZn charge about 15 electrical items each whilst simultaneously blow drying their hair. Fine.

I don't want - as it wouldn't look right given the shape of the room - to put a mirror up on the wall of the bedroom. The bathroom now has a mirrored storage cabinet (large!) to ensure even more bathroom storage for guests. So there is a mirror in there for make up. The wirkd's most efficient extractor fan and a window so condensation shouldn't be a problem and the mirror will be useable to guests for make up. We have a chest of drawers in the bedroom which I want to put a free standing mirror on. There is a double socket right next to it for hair dryers etc. however, DM is now concerned that the chest of drawers might be slightly too high for the mirror to be on and therefore guests won't have a perfect environment to do their hair in. Maybe I need a new chest of drawers? Or to put a mirror on the wall? It can't be over the chest of drawers as that is where the bloody TV is to go. So it would need to be on a random wall but DM has pointed out that there would be no ledge or shelf for hairbrush etc - thus hideously inconveniencing guests who obviously would be far too polite to say anything. Confused

I actually just want to scream and feel a bit tearful about all this. Can't I just have the room how I want it? AIBU? There will be a mirror there.

The kind builder has suggested putting a mirror on the inside of the wardrobe door but I'm sure that it won't be close enough to one of the many plug sockets is no bloody ledge. Obviously I could get the electrician out again but the bloody room has just been decorated and I really could do without him knocking lumps out of the wall to channel in another socket.

Actually, I don't care about the sodding mirror at all. My lovely DH has suggested that we just sleep up there when DM comes to stay then they can have our room which had a mirror of the fireplace and thus a winning combo of shelf and mirror. But of course DM will say no if we suggest that and just be upstairs being horribly inconvenienced.

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SeveredHeadsDragOnTheFloor · 30/10/2015 12:51

Say to your mother "We're going to leave it for now until after the baby is born. We're just keen to get it to a useable state so I can relax in the last few weeks of pregnancy."

And then leave it. For ever.

TheTigerIsOut · 30/10/2015 12:51

Ok, you pulled your socks, ate your vegetables and made your bed already, it is time to let her know, kindly, kindly, that you are now a married independent adult able to make her own choices and dismiss other people's opinions

Floggingmolly · 30/10/2015 12:53

Is it purely a guest suite to be mainly used by your mother when she comes to stay? If so, and given that you've asked for her input, she obviously felt she was being given leave to design it to her own specifications...
Why did you ask her?

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 30/10/2015 12:56

OMG - she's just texted me to ask if I have a laminator (er, no!). If not, she'll make me some laminated cards for the bedroom with the wifi details on.

To be fair, this is all done on the spirit of being helpful!

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Marshy · 30/10/2015 12:57

You are both judging each other by the sound of it.

Maybe you need a bit less time together for a week or two? It all sounds a bit intense.

RollingRollingRolling · 30/10/2015 12:59

Is she secretly planning to rent out your room and have you running a B&B with 3 kids under 3?!
Lamenated wifi code Shock

MissMarpleCat · 30/10/2015 13:01

Wtf, does she think you're Claridges?
Tell her to bring her own mirror, and the laminates, don't even go there.

Marshy · 30/10/2015 13:02

She'd be ace on '4 in a bed' Grin

Micah · 30/10/2015 13:03

Tell her that the laminated wifi cards have given you a great idea- you're going to put the room on Airbnb, otherwise it's such a waste getting it so perfect.

Means she will only be able to stay between bookings of course.

In reality, tell her you're not running a bed and breakfast, and if guests can't cope without a mirror/shelf, they can find somewhere else.

Oh and you don't give a flying fuck about anyone who might judge your spare room. Anyone who thinks less of you for such petty things is no longer welcome to stay.

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 30/10/2015 13:03

I haven't seen her for 6 weeks! I suppose convoyed block her number Grin

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WizardOfToss · 30/10/2015 13:03

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TheIncomparableDejahThoris · 30/10/2015 13:04

Tell her there's no need, you'll write the wifi details on a post-it and stick it on the dratted mirror!

lorelei9 · 30/10/2015 13:05

I shudder to think how your DM would feel about guest facilities in my small flat Confused

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 30/10/2015 13:06

It's not just a room for DM to use but they will probably use it the most of people who come.

I didn't specifically ask for input but obviously we chatted about the work and DM had some very specific ideas re: what was needed. It wasn't the end of the world to incorporate them so I just did as we went along.

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BitOutOfPractice · 30/10/2015 13:08

Laminated wifi code cards - how dreadfully non-U Wink

ivykaty44 · 30/10/2015 13:08

Uabu really you should go and buy a free standing shelf that can be moved around the room for any guest to want in different positions and sometime for you to shive up their arse if they are a pain on the neck - which they acquired whilst drying their hair at the wrong level and a wrongly weighted mirror.

Wink
GruntledOne · 30/10/2015 13:09

Is there a dressing table or anything similar in the bedroom?

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Gobbolinothewitchscat · 30/10/2015 13:10

4 in a bed is one of her favourite programmes!

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ivykaty44 · 30/10/2015 13:11

You could get some local tourist attraction leaflets and place in a folder along with takeaway menus for both Indian and Chinese establishments....

PurpleHairAndPearls · 30/10/2015 13:11

Go NC immediately and never let her see the GC again Wink

Being honest though, actually like the sound of anyone who makes plans involving a laminator Smile I think she is trying, in a misguided manner perhaps, to be helpful. I think the suggestion of saying "we are happy with it as it is for now as we have bigger things to concentrate on" and moving on swiftly, is best. There will be a nice cute distraction soon, no one will be thinking about mirrors when there is a newborn to cuddle!

Whatever you think anyway, there is no way you can be unreasonable about anything at one week away from having three DC under 3. I've been there and all I will say is good luck Smile and it's worth it when they're older. Keep thinking of that :)

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 30/10/2015 13:12

No gruntled

Just the chest of drawers, mirror on top of drawers a bed and two side tables and a built in wardrobe. TV is to be affixed to the wall above the chest of drawers. The ariel etc has all been wired for there

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TheIncomparableDejahThoris · 30/10/2015 13:12

*the mirror you would prefer to have, that is.

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 30/10/2015 13:13

You could get some local tourist attraction leaflets and place in a folder along with takeaway menus for both Indian and Chinese establishments....

GrinGrin

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