Purchasing an expensive item only to have a friend accidentally break it weeks later can be incredibly frustrating – and it's a delicate situation to handle.You wouldn't want to jeopardise a close friendship over something that might seem minor, yet you'd naturally hope for the damaged item to be replaced, particularly if it set you back more than £200.Currently, a woman finds herself in this predicament after taking her story to Reddit's 'Am I The A**hole' forum.
She explained: "I have this friend who is pretty big. Like, 350lbs (25 stone) or maybe a bit more, while everyone else in our circle is more on the slim side."I love her very much and want her to feel at home at my place, so I made sure that my new chairs at the dining table were safe for her to use.
But then she didn't really find them comfortable." The woman detailed how she avoided choosing chairs with "armrests that would be tight to fit in" or "curved seats to press into her legs", but her friend was not satisfied as they weren't "upholstered enough for her liking or something".
Consequently, her friend spotted the "nice comfy lounge chair" in the living room and "dragged it over to the table" wanting to sit on it despite being cautioned: "It might not be as sturdy as the chairs, but she still wanted to use it."The owner lamented the chair was "designer" narrating, "one of those cup-formed ones with thin brass legs, beautiful but not very stable".
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