to use a cushion

[stubbornhubby]

• my wife bought a new kitchen table and chairs
• I wasn't there - I was perfectly happy for her to choose them
• they are very nice
• but the chairs are a little bit low for the table
• so I sit on a cushion
• which drives her mad - especially if we have visitors

We can't really afford to replace them.

Should I

• quit with the cushion thing already
• don't mention it, but quietly keep on using it
• something else...

She is a minx

a minx eh?

I'd say.

Are you a minx, SpringHeeledJack, or just an overzealous embroiderer with a penchant for stubborn men?

isn't mumsnet brilliant?
armed with everyone's ideas I sat up (on my cushion) into the small hours last night and finally found these

Aren't they clever? I have ordered eight sets. I have to say that did seem a bit expemsive at Aus$ 446 plus p&p, but you get what you pay for I always so, so I am sure they are top quality.

I can't wait to see Mrs S' face when they arrive, and problem solved. I will be sure to post here to let you all know how it goes.

oh classy LOL

I reckon you should just purchase a piles cushion, u can get classy faux leather ones with the ring hole in the middle. Someone at work uses one - then you can go for the sympathy vote

hey springheeledjack

how are you getting on with the embroidery?
it's just that I might have another project for you

At the risk of springheeledjack expiring in a Bronte-esque swoon over her tatting, perhaps I could suggest these?

I was going to suggest you put your wallet in your back pocket.

I do that, and women in bars think I'm tall

what on earth is wanking, stubbornhubby?

I've looked all through Kirstie Alsopp's Book Of Country Crafts, but there's no mention of it

...maybe it's something foreign?

[suspicious]

ooops I don't know what I was thinking of with that link, I must have been drunk [grovel] I don't even fully understand it myself. Is it something to do with football?

I'm going back to sit my cushion