{"id":7393,"date":"2018-01-31T19:52:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T02:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7393"},"modified":"2020-07-01T03:13:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T03:13:42","slug":"no-eating-on-couch-rule-lasts-almost-six-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7393","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNo Eating on Couch\u201d Rule Lasts Almost Six Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Noelting family finally upgraded their couch last week after years of complaining about how filthy the old couch<\/a> had gotten. \u201cIt was really disgusting,\u201d said mother Angi. \u201cI didn\u2019t even want to have guests over. The worst part is, I would clean that thing all the time. But, by the next week, there are crackers, cookie crumbs, wrappers, and all sorts of things in that couch. There were spots I couldn\u2019t get out, some from wine, and all sorts of other liquid spilled there. I couldn\u2019t stand looking at it anymore.\u201d Angi purchased a new couch and put the old one on the side of the street of her Eastbridge home. \u201cIt was picked up in last than an hour, which was great,\u201d said Angi. \u201cThe new couch wasn\u2019t perfect, but it was much better than that dumpster we had been sitting on. We decided to make some rules with the new couch.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Angi let the kids know that there would be no more eating on the couch. \u201cI put my foot down,\u201d said Angi. \u201cI did not want the new couch to quickly turn in to the old couch, so we said, \u2018that\u2019s it. No more eating on the couch.\u2019 I knew it was going to be hard on the kids during shows and movie time, but small sacrifice to not have a gross couch to sit on.\u201d Angi and her husband remained very strict on the rule for just about six days. \u201cWe thought we could let them eat on the couch just once, you know, as long as they were careful,\u201d said Angi. \u201cBut, it was a slope slipperier than we thought. Soon after that first time, it was right back to what they were doing on the old couch. And we\u2019re just too goddamn tired to fight it all the time.\u201d Angi would recommend to others that they just keep their dirty couch until the kids are at least in high school. \u201cI mean, what\u2019s the point?\u201d questions Angi. \u201cSure, I was happy temporarily, but this new couch will become the \u2018old couch\u2019 very quickly. At least in high school they will be spending more time out of the house or in their rooms. Live and learn, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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