how do I tell my boyfriend who moved into my apartment that his deer heads arent going up in my living room?

Answer 1

"Honey, your $%**! deer heads are NOT going up in my livingroom."

Answer 2

When my first husband and I married our pre nup consisted of he didn't hang wallpaper and I didn't want any dead trophys hanging on the walls. Understand he was a serious hunter and the freezer was always full of venison and elk. The year he made Boone and Crockett I gave in and let him hang the darn thing in the living room. I still hated it and felt its glass eyes following me everywhere. But it was his record setting bambi and was important in it's own way.

If you can't do some sort of a compermise with the heads, is there another room that he could use as a study? Even if all he does is store his guns and reloading equiptnment in it with the head on the wall it could be his space. Then close the door and you are ok. However if those bambi eyes really do give you the creeps and you have no extra space, stand your ground! If things go long term with you two there will be a new and possibly larger place to negociate over and then he can have his space.

Hunters are a unique breed, those of us that choose to share our lives with them have interesting challanges. Sometimes they are gone for days(including Thanksgiving) or weeks at a time chasing game. They have interesting clothes,stories and friends, you will always have meat in the freezer, sometimes it is more exotic than others.

Heres a piece of unsolisited advice, buy a copy of the LL Bean Game cook book. They have many fine game reciepies and if he has a trophy head he also is probably moving in a freezer full of venison. You should learn to cook it properly. Venison when well prepared is tender and jucy, it will spoil you for life. Good luck with your woodsman, remember who you are, stay independant and learn to cook that bambi!

Answer 3

Hm - he moved in with you - and I suppose he pays rent and share expences? It is technically his livingroom too then, don't you think? But I agree with you - no deer heads in livingroom.

Can you live with deer heads in hall or in any other room? If not, you just have to make sure, with a laugh, that he understands that there is a limit for what you want to have on walls. I am sure there is a limit to what he would want too. Like lace and pink cushions....right?

Answer 4

LOL Sorry, that's probably not funny to you, but that's hilarious! I know exactly how you feel! My boyfriend is a snowboarder. The main attraction in our living room is his snowboards hanging on the wall. I guess I looked at it like this...he let me put all my little girly trinkets and smelly candles anywhere I wanted to. In compromise, I can handle the beat up snowboards hanging on the wall in the living room. Maybe try to talk him out of putting them in the living room? Try the basement or spare room.

Answer 5

Is there another room that is less used. If there is an office or something of that nature use it. You can actually make him feel as if you set this area aside just for him. If that doesn't work then I would have to go with the other answer..... "You are not putting those fu*@ing things in my living room!"....LOL

Answer 6

lol.I had the same problem with my boyfriend .We are married now and the dang head is still there.Plus more.So good luck there.

I am turning the basement into a rec room and they are all going down there but you have an apartment so just tell him its against the lease to hang something so heavy on the walls.

Answer 7

Be honest and tell him flat out, up front.
Don't tell him "later" when he's on the ladder trying to hang one.

Give a real and vaild reason why you don't care for the deerhead thing and ask him to respect your wishes.

Be tactful and compromise! You will have to acede something to him or do a special favor for this....

Answer 8

Just be calm and maybe allow him to put them in a diffrent room.. but just dont be real rude about it or something offensive and maybe you can set a lil space for things that do mean stuff to him.. and if not just try to explain the reason for not wanting them in there..

Answer 9

[Name], I think those deer heads look really nice in the garage, you know what, I'll even help you put them there.

Girl, if you can't talk to your bf regarding these simple things, you should forget about im.

Answer 10

Its quite easy....you say" Boyfriend your deer heads are not going up in my living room"......see easy.

Answer 11

Be honest and straight forward, tell him you don't like them and he should find some were else for them to go. Be firm, but nice and don't give in.If you don't set up a give and take with him you will constantly be arguing about small things. "Honesty is the best policy".