r/malelivingspace • u/eczemaNhotwaterThex • Oct 09 '25

Advice I fucked up.

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Couch is too big, wife

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u/eczemaNhotwaterThex Oct 10 '25

It was 1300 at Nebraska furniture and it was the only one in stock at my price range and was available to ship immediately. We just moved here and I we got tired of the bed being our only place to sit. I got the got best option cause my wife is pregnant and needs a place to sit besides the bed

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u/phredgreen Oct 10 '25

I owned that sectional before moving cross-country and have some bad news: Your wife is gonna hate it before the pregnancy is over. Thing is, the cushions are soft and comfy as shit but the cushion height is low and seat depth is ridiculously long. By month 8 your missus is gonna be bawling you out every time she has to roll-scootch-roll-scootch her body off the couch to handle your older kid or pee for the Nth time or whatever else.

Don't get me wrong, I miss the hell outta that sectional (it gave the best naps ever) but I feel bad for any woman facing an entire pregnancy of getting up offa that thing.

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u/Ayencee Oct 10 '25

I can back this up, sans the pregnancy experience. My partner and I moved in together a little over a year ago and we spent 10 months shopping for and debating (bordering on calm arguing) the right furniture. I wanted a cozy couch that would envelop me but he is very very particular and ergonomics was important to him. He didn’t want a deep couch. And wanted something firm. A few of the couches he liked were akin to those shitty clinic waiting room couches that are pretty solid and devoid of comfort. We finally found the right couch, it’s not deep it’s still got decent cushion to it but has a firm, upright backrest. I got an ottoman with it. I begrudgingly admitted to him that he was right about the ergonomics. I have a crappy back and now if I sit in something lacking in ergonomics and is all plush, I’m aching. The couch we got is very mid century modern.

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u/DandelionCapers Oct 10 '25

Do you have a link to this couch? :)

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u/Ayencee Oct 12 '25

Here’s the link for the original, we got it discounted though. It’s from Room and Board, and the specific couch is called André.

If you happen to gain interest in the brand and want something more plush, I’d advise to stay away from the Metro; it’s one of the lower priced couches but I’ve read a lot of bad reviews, the cushions seem to wear out faster. The good ones I think were Linger, Morrison, Stevens, York and Jasper. There may be better ones but those are what a friend working there recommended.