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