I was very proud of the fact that I invested my own money in a new building and waited for a wonderful apartment with a new renovation. Minimalism suited me completely: light gray wallpaper, the laminate is the same gray, there are wooden inserts, and white furniture visually increased the one-room apartment. But when at a housewarming party my mother brought her childhood friend, who always behaved ambiguously around me – as if pestered, hinting at his feelings, – I heard a lot of comments about the apartment.
— You’re not planning to buy furniture at all? That you, like a poor man, sleep on one mattress on the floor. People invented beds a long time ago. And how can two people sleep on that mattress?
— The apartment is small, I do not want to force the furniture. A mattress is comfortable. The floors here are warm, the heating is through them in winter, so it’s warmest to sleep on a mattress.
— But this gray color is kind of depressing. I wish you’d put some paint and some different wallpaper. You’re a hands-on, hands-on guy, but if you need help, I can always help and tell you what to do.
That offer made me cringe.
— No, thank you. That’s the kind of wallpaper I like. I was coordinating more or less a renovation that the construction company did here.
— You have no taste at all”,—my mother’s friend thoughtfully stretched out”, no bride would like it here. You might as well hang a carpet on the wall to cover that gray stain. The apartment is very pale.
— It’s exactly what I wanted. And my young bride likes that style, too. It’s popular now.
My mom was supportive, but her friend was sulking all night. I think it was more about the bride than the apartment. During dinner, she suggested several more times that I send her grandmother’s colorful curtains and rugs to redecorate the apartment, but I delicately declined. I don’t plan to change anything at home, especially not in a way that this woman would like.
I don’t want to invite her to visit anymore, and I hope my mother won’t think of bringing her here again. This advice and flirting is better reserved for someone her own age and with similar tastes.
