| When my husband and I were first | | | | a bed quilt covered in paramecium shaped |
| married, we had our first fight over a | | | | designs. On it went until finally we |
| bed quilt. I was in love with the | | | | decided to buy a plain white down |
| luxurious, lacy quilt I'd had on top of | | | | comforter for our bed to get us through |
| my own bed for several years, and he | | | | the winter, and then we would resume our |
| thought that something more masculine | | | | fight about the bed quilt once spring |
| would be appropriate since we'd now be | | | | came again. |
| sharing a bed. He wanted a bed quilt in | | | | Luckily my mother in law interfered |
| dark colors, with geometric shapes, when | | | | before we had a chance to separate |
| I've only ever slept under blankets | | | | ourselves into separate rooms. She is a |
| decorated with flowers and girly | | | | quilter and she offered to design a |
| accompaniments. We eventually had to | | | | quilt for us, using fabrics we picked |
| sort it out and move on with our lives | | | | out ourselves. The possibilities were |
| because, as we would soon find out, | | | | endless. If you've ever been on a trip |
| there are so many more interesting | | | | to a fabric store then you know how much |
| things to fight about in a marriage to | | | | there is to choose from. They have plain |
| waste much energy arguing about the bed | | | | fabric, textured fabric, they even have |
| quilt. | | | | fabric made out of muppet fur. I knew |
| We had to come to an agreement, | | | | we'd have lots of options. |
| somewhere between lace covered roses and | | | | When the day finally arrived for us to |
| darkly colored geometrical designs. We | | | | visit the fabric store, we realized that |
| tried to find a bed quilt with a pattern | | | | while we both had individual ideas about |
| we both liked but it was practically | | | | what a pre made bed quilt should look |
| impossible. Our tastes in bedding were | | | | like, we also had our own ideas about |
| so different that if I saw something I | | | | what a custom made quilt should look |
| liked, I could immediately assume my | | | | like. In the end, we decided to each |
| husband would think it was the most ugly | | | | create one side of the quilt and flip it |
| design ever created. I liked checks, he | | | | on the bed every once in a while. And |
| liked stripes. | | | | now our time is freed up to fight about |
| I liked bright colors, he liked earth | | | | more important things like who left the |
| tones. I didn't mind paisleys, he would | | | | toothpaste gobsin the sink. |
| rather sleep on the sidewalk than under | | | | |