Oh no..

[sgregory]

So my boyfriend is both angry and terribly sad..

The bunnies got to his speakers last night.. they’re worth about 5,000. They belonged to his dad, who had wanted to give them to him for forever, and who passed away early this year..

The speakers have a cover and we recently discovered the cat sometimes used them as a scratchng post! So I told the boyfriend that we should bring them in another room so they don’t get ruined, told him there was nothing I could do to stop the cat from doing that. He didn’t want to move them in another room, so here were are a couple weeks later.. Turns out the cat had pulled of the cover and then the bunnies ate at the styrofoam inside.. not much, but you can definitely see it..

The boyfriend started crying, I felt so bad. But now he’s pissed at me, even though I told him to move them, and he didn’t want them moved! There was nothing I could have done, but now I know he’s going to want me to keep the bunnies in their cage for a couple days..

 

I feel awful about what happened and I don’t want to get mad at him for blaming me, because I know it’s a sore subject for him.. Mumbles had bitten the wired of the speakers before but that was fixable.. Anf the bunnies have always been “my” animals and responsibility.

 

I’m sorry, I just needed to vent to someone so I didn’t vent to him.

[Furface]

Wow, sorry, I know how that feels, I have a pair of small Boss speakers in my closet. Bugsy ate the entire base speaker on one.
I haven’t been able to afford to get them fixed.
He probably can find replacement parts. He may have to take them to a shop to be fixed professionally.
I’ve also had the covers of my large speakers distroyed by a cat. Not fun either but covers are cheaper to fix.
He is probably just as mad at himself for not moving them as he is at the critters – hopefully he’ll get over it.
Next time try NIC cubes around the speakers. They shouldn’t rattle or vibrate as long as they don’t touch the speakers.

[babybunsmum]

aww… thats too bad. wait for your bf to not feel so angry about the destruction and then make a few suggestions like furface mentions. its sooo hard to loose some one you love and its sooo easy to cling onto their things for comfort after they pass. i did that after my dad passed too. you obviously have tonnes of sympathy for your bf… he’s lucky to have you!

[LizzieKnittyBun]

He’s not really angry at you. He’s just upset. Give him a little space to be sad for a while, and he’ll remember that you tried to prevent the problem. The main thing is not to get angry at him, because he’s already hurting a lot.

I’m sorry this happened!

[RabbitPam]

When he’s ready to hear a suggestion, or maybe just quietly do it, I had success with another method of protecting my bookcases.
You can get a large. clear acrylic sheet at a hardware store. You can easily prop it against the speakers, or have it cut to size and surround them, for protection. They are clear, so you can see them as usual, the sound will be heard (once fixed ) but the animals can’t get behind it.

[bunnytowne]

That is sad.    The suggestions I read are good.   Those are some nice speakers sounds like. 

[sgregory]

thanks guy.
i’ll definitely try those, he isnt so sad about it anymore but insists on blaming me.
im trying not to get mad, i reminded him that i told him to move them.. idk, he’s pissed that i won’t take responsibility for it and locked himself in the computer room playing music.
ugh, i guess itll pass and ill definitely make sure they’re safe from now on, and they are not going back into the living room until i have the chance to try NIC cubes or the acrylic sheet you guys mentioned.
for now i guess the buns are stuck in their cages unless im home. poor things are so spoiled they’re going to be so mad!

[ScooterandAnnette]

NIC cubes definitely. Our livingroom looks like it could be an NIC commercial. We’ve got them around the tv stand (stand is an open design, the stereo and video components sit undernelath it) to protect the cords, we’ve got them around an armchair to keep the bunnies from going back there, blocking off access to the cords for the fish tanks and the lamps… they’ve come in very handy.
– Annette

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

I CAN COMPLETELY SYMPATHIZE!!! Pretty much the same thing happened at our house and it was our only major fight in our relationship.

Dave had his whole TV centre thingy set up and I offered to PAY FOR and SET UP bunny proofing but he didn’t want it. So one day Kahlua caused a lot of expensive damage and he was furious.

This made me FURIOUS!!! (I’m getting mad thinking about it). I generally am good with upset people and calming fights-but I totally put my foot down. Yes it’s expensive, a pain and going to take time to fix it.

BUT_it was completely avoidable and his own stupidity not a simple animal was the cause. I didn’t talk to him for two days OMG I was fuming.

Sooo I totally sympathize *HUGS* You probably feel worse then I did because the cost is tremendous and they were his late fathers. If he hasn’t fixed them yet, you could be a good girlfriend and phone around for estimates to see if someone can fix them for him

[bunnytowne]

You know sometimes mens are so oblivious to reality.   IT is like they go through life thinking naaaaa that will never  happen.   Til well ….it does.  lol

My ex was like that.  It was so aggravating too.  Cuz  whatever he ignored  became a very big problem after all.   It was so aggravating to me for all he had to do to not have the problem in the first place was so simple.   But nooooo that was too easy to prevent.  So lets not take precautions. 

[RabbitPam]

Posted By ScooterandAnnette on 09/20/2009 04:17 PM
  Our livingroom looks like it could be an NIC commercial. We’ve got them around the tv stand … to protect the cords, we’ve got them around an armchair to keep the bunnies from going back there, blocking off access to the cords for the… lamps… they’ve come in very handy.
– Annette

Scooter & Annette, when did you move into my apartment?? You just described it!!!!!

[sgregory]

lol.
i say we start a post complaining about significant others! we’d all have something to say. 😀

[KatnipCrzy]

I get so mad at my husband when I suggest bunny proofing something and he says “well I don’t want them in our bedroom”.  Any my point was if they EVER do get into be bedroom all the cords will be covered- especially the ones to our Select Comfort bed.  

[Sonn]

I don’t have a significant other but living with my mom is almost the same way I kept telling her that if she didn’t buy cord covers and things to protect the baseboard and remotes while the bunnies were out they were going to get chewed. But she was like “I don’t want it to look like animals live here so if they chew something they are going.”

So they have chewed camera cords, remotes, speaker cords, unplugged tv cords, and baseboards. Always ends up the same argument “I told you to buy the covers and things to block the baseboards but you didn’t listen.” Then she says the same thing everytime “Well you need to get rid of them soon.” to which I respond over my dead body. Then we do the whole routine again LOL. I even tried to buy the clear cord covers but nope she won’t have it so she has to deal with it lol.

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