I just bought a recliner. For myself. Oh yes I did. Me – the woman who once threatened a man with dire consequences if he so much as browsed in the recliner department. I believed then (and maybe it’s true) that the combination of a recliner and a TV remote spelled the death of a relationship. Only now I don’t care because I have a big crush on this chair.
It’s butter-color leather, and it’s one of the smaller ones. It’s looks a bit like a side chair, but make no mistake, it reclines. One touch of that side-lever and whoosh, legs are lifted, back and neck are supported, and it becomes a cocoon. A cocoon that swivels and rocks and does everything except read my book to me.
Some people I know who’ve owned and loved recliners were disposed to do so because of health issues and these chairs are certainly the ticket for people who need to nap in a propped-up position. My father, toward the end of his life, was more comfortable in his recliner than anyplace else in the house, and from his seat of honor, we all gathered around him to visit.
But I didn’t buy this lovely hunk of leather for any sensible reasons. I simply fell in lust. I’ve always been partial to rockers, and especially swiveling rockers. Yellow is my favorite color, so this one called to me from the corner of the hospice thrift store, where it was almost hidden away.
I sat down and in a policy reversal worthy of a seasoned politician, decided this chair needs to be delivered to my house tomorrow.
Ó Anita Garner 2009
Congratulations! After forty years of sitting on my butt for a living as well as for relaxation away from the job I have become an expert in the arts of sitting, rocking, reclining and snoozing in comfort. There is simply nothing more important in the material world than a comfortable chair that is yours and yours alone, one that feels just as proprietary about you.
Aww – then what you’re saying is that this new-to-me chair might end up feeling the same way about me. What a pleasant prospect.
What an incredible coincidence……..I have been eyeballing a similar item and you have convinced me that there is no shame in stepping up to a purchase!