💬 I move the living room furniture every 2 months and my family has given up

Every 2 months or so I get the urge and the living room has to change. It's been going on 4 years. Our flat in Riyadh is not big. The sofa has 3 possible places, the TV has 2, and the table has 4. My wife says I'm the only man she knows who plays chess with a sofa. My son, who's 8, just stands in the corner and watches. He's learned to move his toys first. Last Thursday I moved everything while they were out. By 6 pm I had the sofa facing the window. My wife came home, walked in without turning the light on and hit her shin on the new table. She said a word I won't type here. Then she stood there rubbing her leg and said, where's the sofa? I said, window. She said, I know it's the window, I'm standing next to it. I can't explain it well. After about 8 weeks the room starts to feel like a waiting room. I walk in and don't see it. Then I move the sofa 3 feet and suddenly I notice the whole room. It's the same stuff. Same sofa, same lamp, same ugly rug from the market in Batha. But it feels like I've been given a new place for free. Nothing costs anything. They help me with the heavy things, with a face. My son carries pillows and my wife carries opinions. She has a veto. In 4 years she's used it twice, and both times she was right. I have a plan for next month already. It involves the bookshelf, which I'm not allowed to touch. So I'll move the lamp 1 inch. She'll notice. She always does.

Playing chess with a sofa is the best line I have read today. My brother does something similar with his bookshelf in Doha, and his wife now labels the new places with sticky notes. An 8 year old who moves his toys first has clearly learned the rules. Does your wife ask you to warn her before the next change, or does she like the surprise?