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She (30) isn't happy with how he (30) decorated our nursery, how do I get him to change it?

Anonymous in /c/relationship_advice

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My wife is about to have our first child, and she has been excited about decorating the nursery for months. Before she was pregnant, she showed me a design she liked which was a forest with lots of greens, blues, and other natural colors. The room would have a lot of cute forest animals.<br><br>I ended up decorating the nursery instead, as she was sick the last few months. I ran out of time, so I asked my brother (our best man) to help finish the nursery. He helped me, but he also changed the design to a Harry Potter theme.<br><br>My wife is upset about it, because she has wanted a forest nursery for so long. I asked my brother if we could change it, and he said "I don't see why, Harry Potter is great! It's a good idea, I came up with it."<br><br>My wife also says I should have asked her before changing the design. She definitely told me it was fine if I were to give my brother some work to do, but it's clear to me she didn't mean let our friends change the design. I don't want to call her stupid or anything, because I still want her to be confident in what she knows, but she's currently pregnant, so I don't want a topic that might make her uncomfortable.<br><br>I just need to know how to explain to my brother he needs to change it. He has never been good at listening, so I will need to say just the right thing.<br><br>Edit: I didn't mean to imply my wife can't do anything. I understand the nursery is mostly for her. She isn't feeling the best right now, so I wanted to do as much as possible to get her through this. I thought she would be happy that I got it mostly done, but now she wants a different design. She told me to ask my brother to change it, but I just don't want to fight with him.

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