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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I need more information. How involved is your husband in the decorating and purchasing? If he expects you to go out and take care of things, but then sits back and shoots down every item you bring in, that's a huge problem. If the trash is piling up because there's no trash can in the kitchen, and HE is doing nothing about it, then he doesn't get to criticize the choice you make for a trash can if you go get one.

Now if everything is fine--you have a rug on the floor and dishes in the cabinet and a trash can in the kitchen--and you simply go out and purchase new versions of these items on your own,  then yes, he gets a say. He does live there and has an opinion. Some spouses could care less, and others want to weigh in.

Which situation is more like what's going on in your house--the first scenario or the second scenario? [/quote]

More the first.  In the trash can example, I bought one with a white finish because we wanted a new one.  He thought the finish should be chrome instead, so I had to return the white one and get the chrome one.  He doesn't go out to shop for anything.  He will veto fabric samples and paint colors I have picked with a decorator or on my own. The one time I got fed up enough to send him to the design center with a decorator after he had rejected five chairs I liked, he picked out a $16,000 chair.  Even the decorator told him that was not really a price point we should consider.[/quote]

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