wife piles stuff on the home pool table

[onepocketron]

You tell her "honey, please don't put your stuff on the pool table, please". You do this a couple of times, three if you are feeling generous.

Once you have completed the steps above, when she puts stuff up there again you just take all the stuff that is on the table, and throw it under the table (way under the table). When she asks about it (she may be slightly agitated), you politely tell her that you have asked her more than once not to put things on the table, that in the future, if she puts her stuff on the table, and it is not there when she returns, she will know where she can find her stuff, under the table.

It worked for me.....one time was all it took. Yeah she was steamed, but she got over it. One thing is for sure, she wasn't a slow learner.... she stopped putting stuff on my table as she didn't like getting on her hands and knees to retrieve it from under the table.

 

[hang-the-9]

cloth is black, not hard to see. crappy cell phone pic makes room seem darker than it is.........

Black cloth eh. Look at the bottom. WIth that choice, you deserve to have her put stuff on the table. I'll bring some furry shedding cats over to your place so they can make a mess till you change it to a proper color.


Here are some statistics compiled throughout various billiard forums. In an AZB poll, the results confirm our own research that blue and green are the most popular.

•Blue - 38.00%
•Green - 61.00%
•Whatever - 1.00%
•Red - 0%
•Other - 0%
In addition to this, one pool player who has shot extensively on green, red, maroon, tan, blue, and gray felt, has ranked the pool table cloth colors in his order of preference based on overall playability and feel.

1.Tan pool table cloth
2.Blue pool table cloth
3.Grey pool table cloth
4.Green pool table cloth
5.Maroon pool table cloth
6.Red pool table cloth
Another study ranked several pool table cloth colors in order of ease on the player's eyes.

1.Simonis Electric Blue
2.camel and tan
3.traditional green
A few billiard enthusiasts took a few minutes to tell us which cloth colors that they definitely would not consider when choosing pool table cloth color.

•Do not choose red pool table cloth
•Do not choose dark green pool table cloth
•Do not choose black pool table cloth
•Do not choose dark blue pool table cloth
•Do not choose purple pool table cloth
•Do not choose yellow pool table cloth

 

[JoeW]

My wife created a good system for working with our daughters when they were teenagers. A variation might work for you.

My wife asked the kids to put their things away when they were done using them and not leave them lying around the house. The requests did not seem to work. Sooo, when the kids left something lying around she would confiscate it and put it away. Next time they went looking for their shoes (or whatever) they would ask their mother, "Have you seen my shoes?" She would say yes, I have put them away and you can work to get them back if you want them. She never told them she had put their stuff away and that made it all the more frustrating for them and my wife would get a giggle out of it.

Pretty soon the girls would simply ask, "What do I have to do to get my shoes back?" Eventually they learned to put their things away.

Not sure how I would do that with the wife. Something similar would work. When she can't find her purse or whatever. It can get to be a real pain when you are not home and she has to call you at work or whatever to find her purse.:thumbup:

 

[Mikey Town]

Had that problem twice. the first time I asked nice not to. The second, I threw all her stuff on the floor. After the second time, it didn't happen again.

+1... Works like a charm!

 

[jhanso18]

What do you tell a woman with 2 black eyes??

Nothin, you already told her twice.:grin:

Not quite. I just like to make a point. It's not like I broker her stuff. Just set it on the ground. Maybe threw wasn't the right word. I explained that if she disrespects one of my favorite things, your purse, phone, clothes, etc. are free game...


Problem solved.

 

[the420trooper]

Easy.

"You stay away from the pool table, and I'll stop making fun of you for painting your toenails."

 

[Blue Hog ridr]

Lots of pool tables for decent prices where I am. The guy usually buys a nice table, thinking that they will be able to have some good family time with it.

No one else in the house is interested. Wife is watching Offrah, kids are in their rooms pounding on the Grand Theft Auto.

Table becomes a laundry folding table and storage space underneath.
Table takes up too much real estate.

$3000 table becomes available for $800. I have even seen a couple of ads that said, come and get it out of here and its yours.

 

[Diamond69]

Lots of pool tables for decent prices where I am. The guy usually buys a nice table, thinking that they will be able to have some good family time with it.

No one else in the house is interested. Wife is watching Offrah, kids are in their rooms pounding on the Grand Theft Auto.

Table becomes a laundry folding table and storage space underneath.
Table takes up too much real estate.

$3000 table becomes available for $800. I have even seen a couple of ads that said, come and get it out of here and its yours.

When I first met my neighbor, he had a table. He thought he was good til he met me. Within a couple months he got rid of it and set up a family room.

He got remarried and moved to a new house. Fast forward a few years and he and I got together and found he redid his basement and once again has a pool table.

I asked him why he got another one after getting rid of it in the last house. He told me straight out..."Cuz I was tired of you coming over and embarrassing me on my own table"!

I got him to join the league and started helping him out with his game this time around.:grin:

 

[JAlan]

My wife stacks a few things on the pool table, but nothing that is out of control. She does know enough not to put anything heavy on the table or on the cushions especially.

We do keep a cover on ours unless it's being used, so I guess I can tolerate here using it for laundry sometimes or something A

At least she is ok with me having one! Many wives would object I think

 

[TSW]

At least she is ok with me having one! Many wives would object I think

It's all about framing. When my wife and I were house-hunting, I pointed out to her that if we had a table in the house, I would be able to stay home instead of having to go out to the pool room all the time to practice.

Before I knew it, she was giving the real estate brokers the dimensions we needed to fit a 9-footer. :grin:

 

[Celophanewrap]

I think if you use her shoe money to replace the felt every couple of months or so that might solve your problem, one or two times, tops.

 

[bdorman]

I can only assume the pool table is in a major traffic area (why would anyone go into the basement to place their purse, groceries, etc?).

In this case you've got a space planning problem. Solve it. Look for an area where you can build/buy her a shelving unit or counter surface.

If she already has those and doesn't use them (and instead puts stuff on the pool table)...you've got bigger problems than we can solve.

 

[JAlan]

It's all about framing. When my wife and I were house-hunting, I pointed out to her that if we had a table in the house, I would be able to stay home instead of having to go out to the pool room all the time to practice.

Before I knew it, she was giving the real estate brokers the dimensions we needed to fit a 9-footer. :grin:

Funny you should mention, we just had an offer accepted on a house yesterday. One of the requirements was having enough room for a table :thumbup:

Always nice to have an understanding wife! (or one that likes you enough to want to keep you at home).

 

[fastone371]

Funny you should mention, we just had an offer accepted on a house yesterday. One of the requirements was having enough room for a table :thumbup:

Always nice to have an understanding wife! (or one that likes you enough to want to keep you at home).

AMEM to that brother!!:grin:

 

[Diamond69]

Funny you should mention, we just had an offer accepted on a house yesterday. One of the requirements was having enough room for a table :thumbup:

Always nice to have an understanding wife! (or one that likes you enough to want to keep you at home).

It's all in the negotiation.

When me and my ex were buying a house, it had a pool table in the basement. As part of the negotiations, the seller said she'd leave the pool table for us instead of dropping the price further.

My response was that we wanted $1000 more off the house if she wasn't going to take it away.

She left it and gave us another $1000 off the price of the house for something I wanted her to leave in the first place.:thumbup:

 

[TSW]

Funny you should mention, we just had an offer accepted on a house yesterday. One of the requirements was having enough room for a table :thumbup:

Always nice to have an understanding wife! (or one that likes you enough to want to keep you at home).

Hah - congratulations to you!

We close next week and if all goes well the table will be in by the end of September :thumbup::thumbup:

 

[JAlan]

Hah - congratulations to you!

We close next week and if all goes well the table will be in by the end of September :thumbup::thumbup:

Congratulations to you as well!! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

 

[DallasHopps]

I can only assume the pool table is in a major traffic area (why would anyone go into the basement to place their purse, groceries, etc?).

In this case you've got a space planning problem. Solve it. Look for an area where you can build/buy her a shelving unit or counter surface.

If she already has those and doesn't use them (and instead puts stuff on the pool table)...you've got bigger problems than we can solve.

This is why I read all the replies before I type mine... He already said it. Look at a solution for the cause, don't just treat the symptom.

 

[mel_smOg]

Well, you should throw her on the table if you know what I mean...:groucho::groucho::groucho:

hahaha, second that, just dont damage rails

 

[GoldCrown]

what do you folks do when the wife has a habit of putting her purse, shoes, groceries or laundry on the pool table ! :angry: :nono:

A jury will sympathize with you. Read her the riot act.

Mine does not put anything on the table. She knows better. And she respects the table.