Every child has had the experience of putting up posters of their favorite celebrities and musicians on their walls. But in most cases, they beat the trend.
In a recent Reddit post shared in the popular “Am I the Asshole?” On a forum, a husband revealed that in his five years of marriage to his wife, only one thing has come up that bothers him: the posters of his band hanging in his room.
“She has always been a big fan of many rock bands, particularly emo bands. This alone doesn't bother me at all, in fact I love music too and we go to concerts together all the time. “What bothers me is that she has posters of these bands plastered everywhere around our house,” her post read.
The posters have also expanded to the couple's bedroom, where the husband mentioned that there was “not a single inch of wall space” that was not covered by the posters.
“Everywhere I go, everything I do, there are always eyes of a hundred emo men following me,” the Reddit post continued. “It sounds stupid, and it probably is to be honest, but I don't think I can stand to sleep another night feeling constantly watched. “I don't want to be 'watched' by the members of My Chemical Romance or Taking Back Sunday or 21 Pilots.”
He wrote that he had previously asked his wife if any of the signs could be moved or removed, but she refused. “She gets very offended and she gets angry at me, so I left it behind. But she is becoming difficult to handle,” the Reddit post concluded before asking what others' opinions were.
After the post, many people decided to take to the comments section to defend it, claiming that the posters should be placed in a place that is stated more exclusively as the wife's space and not in a space like a bedroom where they both actively spend time . .
“This is not a teen room or a cheap house share – the OP and his wife are in their 30s,” one comment began. “It is unreasonable to have band posters on the walls as the OP describes, whether in their shared bedroom or in areas where guests might entertain.”
“A good compromise might be that the OP's wife can pick out some of the nicest posters in good condition, frame them, and put them up. “Or if they have room for her to have an 'emo lair,' the posters could be restricted to a room that the OP doesn't have to go into.”
Another commenter agreed, writing: “It's nice that she has some posters of bands she loves on the walls, but the house (and bedroom) are yours too and you get a say in the decor too. It's not like you asked her to take them all down, just some of them. “This is a reasonable compromise.”
“She needs to grow up and learn to compromise,” a third commenter said of the Reddit poster's wife. “She can have a room to decorate with the posters and if she wants to decorate the bedroom, let it be just one wall. That gives you free space so you don't feel so suffocated.”
