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It is so bloody big !!

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Itssobig · 03/08/2024 20:49

Sorry if the title is slightly misleading! 😆

My partner has bought a 65 inch tv and it is bloody huge !

We are redecorating out living room and I was so excited that I could finally have my Neptune like room. Something stylish and calm and inviting.

I now have the monster on my wall ! And I have it :(

I now have no idea how to stylus around it !! Any ideas??

I am feeling unreasonably upset about this and I just can’t get over it.

our room is only 4m x 3.5m so not a large room at all

AIBU?

help me to her over it please or share tips to make the room work

OP posts:
MyOtherCarisAVauxhallZafira · 03/08/2024 20:50

Did you not discuss what size TV you both wanted? I'd never agree to one that size in a normal sized living room

BruceAndNosh · 03/08/2024 20:51

Get him to trade it in for a Samsung Frame TV which displays Art when not in use.

Icanttakethisanymore · 03/08/2024 20:51

No advice but I’m with you - i hate big TVs

TomatoSandwiches · 03/08/2024 20:52

Another argument for living separately.

Ovenon · 03/08/2024 20:53

You'll get used to it, love a big telly!

haplessharpy · 03/08/2024 20:54

Yeah, I'm with the PP who thinks the bigger the better. My lounge is quite large and my telly is huge, but I'd live bigger!

GrumpyPanda · 03/08/2024 20:55

Wow that's a smaller space than mine and I have a 50 inch TV. Get him to swap it for something smaller.

Nourishinghandcream · 03/08/2024 20:56

Oh wow!😲

I would not want a TV that size in our living room and it is twice the size of yours.😖
Even in our family room that would still dominate.

Had you discussed the size of TV or was it all his choice?
Tell him to create a man cave in the garage and put the TV in there, then buy a decent sized one for the living room.🙂

TheSerenePinkOrca · 03/08/2024 20:57

That sounds awful.

In a room that size it would dominate it. I'm also long sighted so would hate watching something that big as I'd need to sit a long way back - the room isn't big enough!

Did you not discuss this?!?!

Growlybear83 · 03/08/2024 20:57

I can't imagine how a TV that large would fit in with a normal sized living room. I've got quite a large living room, and my 32" TV dominates the corner it lives in. Presumably you had a smaller one - can you not replace the new one with it?

redpeachcoralcream · 03/08/2024 20:57

You could have a shallow cupboard built round it

Sethera · 03/08/2024 20:57

Does it have to be in the living room? Could you put it somewhere else and get a smaller one for the living room?

PaminaMozart · 03/08/2024 20:58

Get him to return it and discuss what size would actually work for such a small room.

Why did he consider it appropriate to make such an important purchase without discussing it with you? Is this part of a pattern - if so, I'd reconsider the relationship.

Zanatdy · 03/08/2024 20:59

Oh god I hate huge TV’s in small rooms. Why do men want such a massive TV?

PassingStranger · 03/08/2024 20:59

Sounds like your TV is too big for the size of room you have?

ginandheels · 03/08/2024 21:03

@BruceAndNosh Was about to suggest same. I would like one of these. But not a massive one.

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MagneticSquirrel · 03/08/2024 21:05

YABU it seems huge now, you’ll get used to it very quickly and being able to see all the details when watching sports and films!
Olympics on a big TV is great!

I can’t imagine going back to even a 48/50 inch tv now and I don’t even watch that much tv lol.

allthemiddlechildrenoftheworld · 03/08/2024 21:06

@Itssobig get a dozen tubes of deep heat for your neck!!! it will be like sitting in the front row at the cinema! I absolutely think people are stupid buying those massive tv's for their living rooms!

FloralPunk · 03/08/2024 21:07

I have nothing to suggest except trade in the telly or the husband, sorry!

Wantavespa · 03/08/2024 21:09

I love a big TV!

ttcat37 · 03/08/2024 21:10

TV on the wall is the bigger offence here

Overtheatlantic · 03/08/2024 21:12

My husband has terrible eyesight so we have a monster of a tv in our living room. I’ve accepted it and ignore it. Although he has a snobby friend who often makes comments about it on fb. 😳

BCBird · 03/08/2024 21:12

I feel ur pain. I'd be mad at this purchase

Ovenon · 03/08/2024 21:13

Zanatdy · 03/08/2024 20:59

Oh god I hate huge TV’s in small rooms. Why do men want such a massive TV?

Er I'm female and love a huge telly !!

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