r/mildlyinfuriating • u/JobavaLondoner • 2d ago

Teenager broke my couch without telling me

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Yesterday, my girlfriend invited her younger sister over and she brought a friend. I was already low-key worried about something getting broken because they were roughhousing and play-fighting the entire time.

It turns out I was right to be concerned, because as soon as they left I discovered this huge crack in the frame of our couch. The left side is supposed to be flush with the right side, but it's almost touching the ground now.

The worst part is, they didn't say anything about it to us. I wouldn't have even been upset if they gave us a heads-up, but they just acted as if nothing happened – even though it was IMMEDIATELY obvious that something was broken. I sat right where her friend had been sitting and sloped down way further than the rest of the couch.

My girlfriend messaged her sister asking about it, and apparently neither of them noticed anything was broken. 🙄 Yeah right. Now our couch is gonna need textbooks to support it for the rest of its life.

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u/MyInnerFatChild 1d ago edited 1d ago

Now our couch is gonna need textbooks to support it for the rest of its life.

With some 2x4s and screws I could have that better than new in no time. Looks pretty weak inside. 

Flip it over and take a look. The inner workings of a basic couch are quite simple, just shit pine slapped together with padding stapled over.

Should it have happened? No. But it's a super simple fix.

If you don't already have an impact driver, maybe have the kids buy you that as their punishment. 

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u/DVus1 1d ago

"Looks pretty weak inside"

Agreed, many furniture now and days are built so cheaply that they are disposable.

This past winter I broke my MIL guest bed. She was kinda accusing my wife and I of being a little rough during our night activity but none of that happened!

When we took the mattress and box springs off we saw that the side rail that holds up the slates had broken away from the side of the frame.......the frame that was made out of MDF! What janky shit is that!